In message <3234ACE7.6B37@bellsouth.net> Allan Chong wrote:
Has anyone thrown around the idea of having freeware servers expire
More apropos to this particular thread, how about having the root cache file expire? Put an expiration date in as a fake record in the file, and have bind warn (but probably *only* warn) if the file is "out of date".
Bill
Anyone actually looked at the behaviour of the following line in a modern bind? stub . 198.41.0.4 128.9.0.107 192.33.4.12 128.8.10.90 192.203.230.10 192.5.5.241 192.112.36.4 128.63.2.53 192.36.148.17 CACHE/root This will build the equivalent of "cache . CACHE/root" and keep it up to date. The only think that isn't there is a check that the address list given is current. It also puts the root server configuration details with the rest of the configuration details. Mark -- Mark Andrews, CSIRO Div Maths & Stats Locked Bag 17, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia. PHONE: +61 2 9325 3148 INTERNET: marka@syd.dms.csiro.au MOBIL: +61 41 942 9884 UUCP:....!uunet!syd.dms.csiro.au!marka