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Configuring hosted DNS servers<br />

10-22 Domain Name System (DNS)<br />

The DNS Serial # field displays the revision number <strong>of</strong> this SOA record.<br />

This field will increment by one each time you modify this zone. Slave<br />

zones use this field to determine if their zone files are out-<strong>of</strong>-date. You<br />

cannot modify this field. (See sub-step b for more details.)<br />

a. In the DNS Contact field, specify the name <strong>of</strong> the technical contact<br />

that can answer questions about this zone. The name must be a<br />

fully-qualified name, with the @ character replaced by a period (for<br />

example, hostmaster.domain.com).<br />

b. In the Refresh (seconds) field, specify how <strong>of</strong>ten a slave will check<br />

this zone for new zone files. The slave uses the DNS Serial # value to<br />

determine if its zone files need to be updated. For example, if the<br />

slave’s DNS serial number is 4 and the master zone’s DNS serial<br />

number is 5, the slave knows that its zone files are out-<strong>of</strong>-date and it<br />

will download the updated zone files. Values must be positive<br />

integers. The default value is 3600 (1 hour).<br />

c. In the Retry (seconds) field, specify how long a slave should wait to<br />

try another refresh following an unsuccessful refresh attempt. Values<br />

must be positive integers.<br />

d. In the Expiration (seconds) field, specify how long a slave can go<br />

without updating its data before expiring its data. For example,<br />

assume you set this value to 604800 (one week). If the slave is<br />

unable to contact this master zone for one week, the slave’s resource<br />

records will expire. Queries to the slave will then be treated as if that<br />

DNS server is not authoritative for that domain (zone), resulting in a<br />

recursive search or forwarding, depending on how the slave is<br />

configured. Values must be positive integers.<br />

e. In the TTL (seconds) field, specify the time to live (TTL) value. This<br />

value defines how long a resource record from this zone can be<br />

cached by another name server before it expires the record. The<br />

value specified here is used as the default in records that do not<br />

specify a TTL value. Values must be positive integers.<br />

f. To add a sub-domain to the selected zone, click Add Sub. This<br />

button is only available if a forward lookup zone is selected in the<br />

Zones list. For information on adding a sub-domain, see “Adding a<br />

forward lookup sub-domain” on page 10-23.<br />

g. To delete a sub-domain from the selected zone, click Delete Sub.<br />

This button is only available if a forward lookup zone is selected in<br />

the Zones list. See “Deleting a forward lookup sub-domain” on page<br />

10-24 for details.

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