VeriSign's rapid DNS updates in .com/.net

Sat Jul 10 21:04:21 UTC 2004

On Jul 10, 2004, at 1:19 PM, Alexei Roudnev wrote:

>
> It is cool, but where is any value in this (I mean - 5 minutes)  rapid
> updates for .com and other base domains? I wish rapid DNS when running
> enterprise zone (with dynamic updates) or when running dynamic-dns 
> service
> (for those who use dynalic IP's); but for .com and .net, it is just a 
> public
> relation useless feature - registration time is 1 year, 5 minutes vs 
> 1/2
> day - do not makes any difference.

It makes a big difference to people who sell web/mail/etc services to 
people that includes the domain name.

It means that someone who pays for a new website through an automated 
system doesn't have to wait 12-24 hours for it to be live, just a few 
minutes.

It also means that changes can be made to host records quickly which is 
important for people who don't plan well or have unexpected changes 
that they want propagated.

I'm appreciative of this change -- but fyi, they aren't the only TLD 
operators doing this, there are quite a few doing near-instant changes 
to their respective zones.

The only thing I would still want would be the ability to create 
multiple host records of the same name but with various values.  At 
least the opposite, mutliple host names to the same value is now 
allowed.  That's good enough for me. :)

-davidu