[BNM] DNS help

[Joe Aliferis]

thanks for that info

Perhaps 123reg use a short timeout so that other DNS servers caches 
require frequent updates...

Joe



Mark Ng wrote:
> On 16/10/2007, Joe Aliferis <joe at newforms.co.uk> wrote:
>> We understood that, although we used 123reg to manage DNS, we were not
>> dependant on the performance of their DNS servers, because of the nature
>>   of the way DNS propogates around the internet
> 
> Whilst DNS propogates to local DNS servers, local DNS servers act as
> caches, not as authoritative sources.
> 
> Whilst the nature of DNS means that not every request for your DNS
> records requires a trip to your DNS servers, the first request for any
> particular DNS record from a single location (a single location being
> one set of people using the same local DNS server) and each time the
> cache become invalid due to timeouts does require your DNS server to
> be working and not busy.
> 
> Incidentally, I use 123reg, and their mail server stopped working
> properly a couple of days ago.  I've also seen a sharp drop in the
> number of users accessing my personal website.
> 
> Mark