[OTDev] AA moves to dedicated server

Andreas Maunz andreas at maunz.de
Wed Feb 16 15:03:33 CET 2011


Vedrin Jeliazkov wrote on 02/16/2011 02:48 PM:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> Great news!
>
> In case that you have full control of your master DNS zone files and
> you would like to speed-up the DNS synchronisation, you could consider
> temporarily lowering the Refresh time setting in your SOA record from
> the RFC-recommended value (~ 86400 -- 24h) to something more
> aggressive like 3600 (1 hour) on Thursday (Feb 24) at the latest (the
> refresh setting will also need time to propagate, which in the worst
> case would be as long as its current refresh value, so if it is
> anything higher than 86400, you should implement the change even
> earlier). Also, don't forget to change the zone serial number and to
> restore the old refresh value once the hang-over is completed and
> changes are propagated (e.g. on Sunday, 27 Feb). This should help
> reducing the number of inadvertently lost policies, by reducing the
> window of opportunity to 1 hour in the worst case.

@Christoph: is it possible to configure such timings while we are moving?

Andreas



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