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> In message <[email protected]> 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 warn) if the file is "out of date".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: [email protected] MOBIL: +61 41 942 9884 UUCP:....!uunet!syd.dms.csiro.au!marka - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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