To:
Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
CC:
Robert Elz <kre@munnari.OZ.AU>, Daniel Senie <dts@senie.com>, ngtrans@sunroof.eng.sun.com, namedroppers@ops.ietf.org, ipng@sunroof.eng.sun.com, dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
Date:
Thu, 9 Aug 2001 02:22:39 +0859 ()
In-Reply-To:
<200108081651.MAA14676@astro.cs.utk.edu> from Keith Moore at "Aug8, 2001 12:51:23 pm"
Sender:
owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject:
Re: (ngtrans) Joint DNSEXT & NGTRANS summary
Keith; > > No-one ever said anything about changing the definition or use of the > > TTL field in DNS replies. > > this is a common source of confusion. > > the TTL field in DNS refers to the binding between the DNS name and > the address. it has nothing whatsoever to do with the lifetime > of the binding between the address and any hosts/sockets/processes > that might be attached to it. What you don't understand is that, today, most users/applications use DNS name for identification. Masataka Ohta