Re:Why is DNS still hard to learn?
by denton-scratch on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:51AM
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I also don't agree with the article. Many aspects of sysadmin are far more difficult than DNS.
> the most common server and client implementations rigorously follow the standard
Not servers! in particular, many servers mess with the TTL (as author notes). It's not that these servers are defective; it's that the hostmaster has interfered with the configuration, presumably to reduce the load.
> the most common server and client implementations rigorously follow the standard
Not servers! in particular, many servers mess with the TTL (as author notes). It's not that these servers are defective; it's that the hostmaster has interfered with the configuration, presumably to reduce the load.