>On Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 10:00:44AM +1200, Dan Langille wrote:
>> >"Dan Langille"<dan.langille@dvl-software.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'm running a DNS server and I have to tell Internic about the change
in
>>
>> >IP....
>> >> and we all know how long *that* takes!
>> >
>> >Well I run my own server and my own domain and I really
>> >can't understand what you are talking about with this
>> >Internic thing, they delegate, I'm in control.
>>
>> My domain is registered with Internic. For example, freebsddiary.org. The

>> name server for that site is listed as my box. If the IP of that box changes,

> ^^^^
>> I have to tell Internic. Otherwise the DNS breaks.
>>
>This is the IP of one of the 2 name servers you are meaning - -yes

Correct.

>Not the IP of the domain

Correct. But they could be the same.

>Internic requires two name servers - but the propagation delay in the
>change of ip for the domain is dependant on the ttl on the primary.

But the time it takes for the IP in Internic to be updated can be over 24 hours.
 That's a long time to be off the air.

>
>Ideally the name servers would be run off XTRA with an ability to
>update the reverse table, say via rfc2317 for classless IN-ADDR.ARPA
>delegation, do that reverse lookups work properly

Well having xtra run the name server will incur a cost to me. And I prefer
to run my own name server. It's part of the learning process. The number of
actual queries is quite low.

I see no reason why the reverse lookups cannot be done by my server. It's merely
delegation. ISPs do that all the time. And for me, that's a selling point
(reverse name delegation).
Dan LangilleThe FreeBSD Diary - http://www.freebsddiary.com/freebsd
The Racing System - http://www.racingsystem.com/racingsystem.htm
NZ FreeBSD User Group - http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org

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Received on Fri Apr 30 16:08:15 1999