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  From: Darryl Ross <darryl@bachblue.com.au>
  To  : Glen Turner" <glen.turner@adelaide.edu.au>, "LinuxSA <glen.turner@adelaide.edu.au>
  Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 11:52:25 +0930

Re: named

----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Turner <glen.turner@adelaide.edu.au>
To: LinuxSA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, 5 May 1999 11:27
Subject: Re: named


>Darryl Ross wrote:
>
>> @ IN SOA chopper.webmedia.com.au. admin.webmedia.com.au. (
>>                     99050401        ;Serial
>
>Perhaps a YYMMDD date format for the serial number isn't the
>best choice :-)
>

It doesn't matter what the serial number is, as long as when you change it,
you make it a bigger number. You can start at 1 and increment it by one if
you want to. Most people I know (including myself) use a date stamp with a 2
digit serial number for the actual alteration, so YYMMDDNN. The first
alteration for today would be 99050501 then if I change it again it would be
99050502. Tomorrow if i have to make another alteration I would make it
99050601. Easy! Actually, I think I'm using 4 digits for the year. Y2K you
see ;)

Dazz


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