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  From: David Lloyd <dlloyd@microbits.com.au>
  To  : <martin@safcol.com.au>
  Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 14:59:21 +0930

Re: Bind 9.2 question?

Martin,

> Can someone tell me why you would put 1D in front of IN SOA, IN NS or
> IN A in a zone file.

This is the expiry time.

 * "D" stands for day

Hence:

david.net.au 1D IN A 10.0.0.100

..means that other name servers SHOULD cache this result for 1 day.


DSL

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