Questions tagged [soa-record]
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"SOA Serial Number Format is Invalid" warning by mxtoolbox.com - why?
When testing the SOA setting for example-domain.org on http://mxtoolbox.com/, it says that
SOA Serial Number Format is Invalid
The entry is
ns-885.awsdns-46.net. awsdns-hostmaster.amazon.com. 1 7200 900 1209600 86400
That, however, is exactly…
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Olaf
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What triggers the usage of the negative time to live DNS SOA record value?
I'm reading through the following dns tutorial and it has this example in it:
domain.com. IN SOA ns1.domain.com. admin.domain.com. (
12083 ; serial number
3h ;…
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Ole
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How to set SOA Expire Value?
I ran my domain through intoDNS and the report returned a warning saying
Your SOA EXPIRE number is: 3600000. That is NOT OK
So I've been looking to change the value ever since. You wouldn't believe it but I couldn't find one place that tells where…
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Whip
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Does the SOA serial have importance when it comes to ISP caching nameservers?
Lets say I forget to update the SOA serial when updating the zonefile.
Of course, this means any slaves will not sync to the master because it thinks no change has been done.
The question I have, is, does SOA serial have any effect on ISP caching…
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sebastian nielsen
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Syncronize SOA serial numbers explanation
I made two successive mistakes while updating zone records. Once I forgot to increment the serial number, then next time I did put a digit more ie 20170210111 instead of 2017021011, and each time I reloaded config : rndc reload.
When I realised it,…
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Secondary DNS different SOA record
we are managing our DNS data at Azure DNS. They provide 4 NS for redundancy, but just two days ago the whole Azure DNS service went down for a few hours, and all of our services with it as well. Now i'm looking for a better redundancy for such a…
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user82563
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Does SOA record need to be updated to alter nameservers
My domain registrar has a top level SOA record for my domain which is unchangeable and two NS records pointing to the default nameservers for the registrar. If I want to update my nameservers do I just need to update the NS records or does the SOA…
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Rob
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Windows 2012 Master & Ubuntu Bind 9 Slave & SOA
I'm kinda like the maid... I don't do Windows. But thanks to new things we're implementing, I'm now attempting replicating a single zone from our AD cluster. We had this working just fine but someone had to "adjust" it. That broke the replication…
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RecentCoin
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nameservers do not agree on the SOA serial
I have two domains pointing at the same IP address with A records. Both domains use the same two nameservers, and still I am having big connection issues for many, but not all of the customers coming to the site. IntoDNS reports that the nameservers…
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Alex
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What happens if I do not set my real primary DNS as SOA entry in a Hidden Primary setup?
I want to setup a Hidden Primary DNS server, i.e. I host the zone files on my own server, but all requests should go to Secondary DNS servers hosted by a dedicated DNS company. My own DNS server should not be used by recursive resolvers or end…
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aufziehvogel
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DNS problems after switching to Custom nameservers
hope you can help me with this...
Last week I was required by my registar to switch from default to custom DNS servers (ns1.status2.com / ns2.status2.com) on my domain (status2.com) in order to enable DKIM on my VPS Server.
After this change was…
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AlbertG
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How can I fix these SOA DNS problems?
I've set up a new domain on my new server and when testing the DNS I receive 2 warnings that I'm concerned about:
1) Delivery over IPv4 to server@domain.co.uk could not be done.
2) Failed to deliver email for SOA RNAME of domain.co.uk…
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Liam McArthur
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Overwrite SOA expiry in a bind9 slave name server
I run a slave name server of a domain that I do not have full control over (i.e. changing the SOA is not possibly). The SOA specifies an expiry time of one week. For various reasons, I’d like to override that value on my specific slave server to…
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Joachim Breitner
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Verify DNS SOA (Start of Authority)
I am having trouble understanding a very specific part of the DNS Service and it's underlying structure. It is best described by showing a specific problem that could arise by a malicious ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Assuming the case that my…
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reto
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NS and SOA records not propagated after migration from Route 53
I recently transferred a domain helloorbital.com from GoDaddy to Route 53. However, when I used WhatsMyDNS to check my SOA and NS records, they are still pointing to the old registrar's records, how can I get my records to properly propagate…
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