# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-02-12 14:43:37 +0100: > On Wednesday 12 February 2003 13:15, Daniel Bye wrote: > > At a shell prompt, try > > $ time host doubleclick.net > > $ time host dk.doubleclick.net > dk.doubleclick.net mail is handled (pri=10) by relay2.doubleclick.net > dk.doubleclick.net mail is handled (pri=10) by relay1.doubleclick.net > > real 0m0.269s > user 0m0.000s > sys 0m0.005s > > $ time host dk.doubleclick.net > dk.doubleclick.net mail is handled (pri=10) by relay1.doubleclick.net > dk.doubleclick.net mail is handled (pri=10) by relay2.doubleclick.net > > real 0m0.009s > user 0m0.004s > sys 0m0.001s > > So, it's safe to assume my cache is working? ... and perhaps, resolving > doubleclick.net et al isn't the issue? > > But looks like the cache expires after a couple of minutes?
That's something you can easily check by trying to resolve the name a couple of minutes later. :) But that would be a lame test, and you wouldn't really know any hard data. This is authoritative: roman@freepuppy ~ 1011:1 > dnsq a doubleclick.net ns2.dcny.doubleclick.net|grep ^answer answer: doubleclick.net 300 A 199.95.206.210 roman@freepuppy ~ 1012:0 > so yes. the A RR for doubleclick.net has TTL of 300 seconds. somewhat stupid if you ask me. I would suggest you to configure your DNS cache so that it forwards queries to your ISP's caches. That'll buy you some time. -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message