Re: [edlug] short dns TTL W2000 problem

[Christian Kujau <lists@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

On Mon, 8 Jun 2009, c@xxx.xxx.xxx wrote:
> it was ages since I used Windows so I am not sure what has happened in
> later versions of Windows, but I do know that Microsoft used to have a
> buggy resolverlib that ignored the TTL and assumed that it was always
> 86400 (24h).

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303964

SP3 should fix this, but when you're not in control of these Win2k 
installations, this doesn't help you either :-\

Christian.
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