Enjoying Rapid DNS yet?

[Luc]

I am!

Just changed DNS on one of my domains 2 minutes ago and it is already
resolving to my new server.

Now that's what I call FAST!

Luc L.

 

[Duke]

Yes, it is great to have those update like that now!

 

[clemzonguy]

So what happens to the zone file? Is it dynamically updated on their end but only uploaded twice a day with updates? What makes this all possible and why didn't they think of it the first time around?

 

[Luc]

So what happens to the zone file? Is it dynamically updated on their end but only uploaded twice a day with updates? What makes this all possible and why didn't they think of it the first time around?

It's still updated only twice per day.

Not sure how they did it, but I know it wasn't too hard.

 

[bidawinner]

Problem I am now having is with forwarding..nearing 48 hours on a few names I am forwarding to sedo, usually take 2 -10 hours for me..

 

[GeorgeK]

Internic.net is not updating instantaneously (yet), which is too bad. It would help in Escrow situations, so that the WHOIS updates faster.

 

[mudi]

I use namecheap.. and usually takes 24h+ for dns change..and it still is taking the same amount of time!

 

[Steen]

Yay, I *heart* Verisign!

 

[theparrot]

It's still updated only twice per day.

Not sure how they did it, but I know it wasn't too hard.

Not too hard? It only took them about 10 years to get it done. It was at least a few man years effort by the ISC guys.

 

[Luc]

I use namecheap.. and usually takes 24h+ for dns change..and it still is taking the same amount of time!

NameCheap is an enom reseller, and I used enom too. Wonder why it's taking
so long for you...

 

[ToastyX]

I use namecheap.. and usually takes 24h+ for dns change..and it still is taking the same amount of time!

The TTL for name servers still seems to be 2 days, so the DNS servers you're using probably still have the old name servers cached.

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Yay, I *heart* Verisign!

:-O

You take that back. :-D

 

[mole]

I don't understand your logic, guys. You wait 5 years for a domain to drop and you want instantaneous "Rapid DNS"?

 

[Luc]

I don't understand your logic, guys. You wait 5 years for a domain to drop and you want instantaneous "Rapid DNS"?

ehh?

i'm excited because i don't have to wait days for domains to propagate once
i change dns.

not sure what you're talking about..

 

[mole]

ehh?

i'm excited because i don't have to wait days for domains to propagate once
i change dns.

not sure what you're talking about..

hmm...I guess you deal with domains having 100,000 unique visitors a day... I guess that means a revenue loss of $2,000 per sec. I understand.

 

[seeker]

my dns changes from all my regsitrars take a minimum of 24 hours, usually 48 hours, and sometimes 72 hours.
Where is this fast update?

 

[Luc]

hmm...I guess you deal with domains having 100,000 unique visitors a day... I guess that means a revenue loss of $2,000 per sec. I understand.

since you're such a smartass, let me explain it in terms a smartass might
understand.

this example is from a domain i was selling about a week or so ago.

there were about 10+ interested buyers, and since i offered traffic testing
on their servers, each wanted me to change DNS.

the dns on that particular domain took almost a week to fully propagate.

that means that it will take me a few months just to let these people
test the domain name on their DNS for a few days. does that sound
practical?

since it was a high traffic domain, i’d lose money even if i ended up
charging for the traffic tests because of the long propagation time.

time is money.

any more sarcastic posts you gonna pull out of that sleeve?
Luc L.

 

[seeker]

Luc, how do you get these fast changes/propogation at enom??

and also, doesnt it depend on the xone files picked up by ISP's around the world to 'see' were it is pointing to?

 

[Luc]

Luc, how do you get these fast changes/propogation at enom??

and also, doesnt it depend on the xone files picked up by ISP's around the world to 'see' were it is pointing to?

yes it does.

and i'm not entirely sure why or how it worked so fast.

i tested it on 2 domains 2 days ago and both changed DNS almost
immediately. both were enom domains.

 

[stevey]

i changed my dns the other night and it took 6 hours to propergate and show the new server

 

[mudi]

can I forward all my names at namecheap to my enom account?? for free (no fees) ?