Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 10:16:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Purpose of serial number in zone files (BIND) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10105041016050.5464-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <m1wv7xdww5.fsf@zaphod.realtime.co.uk>
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I think its just for other servers to know if their cached image is older than the auth's image, the same, or if the serial is a lower value, that something is wrong. On 4 May 2001, Wayne Pascoe wrote: > Hi all, > > Bind question. What is the purpose of the serial number in the zone > files? Is it only so that secondary name servers know that a change > has happened? Does it have any use for the local named process? Do > servers querying an authoritative server use this at all? > > Thanks, > > -- > - Wayne Pascoe > E-mail: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk > Phone : +44 (0) 20 7544 4668 > Mobile: +44 (0) 788 431 1675 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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