DNS migration and folks that don't play nice

[Cole Tuininga]

On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 10:27 -0400, John Abreau wrote:
> Cole Tuininga wrote:
> 
> I wasn't aware that AOL was screwing this up as well. 

Last I was aware, AOL cached DNS entries for a minimum of two weeks, no
matter what the TTL.

> However, I don't 
> see anything that can be done about their blatant disregard for the way 
> DNS is designed to work.
> 
> Saying "the hell with 'em" is probably your only realistic option.

Well, some folks take the approach that they will try to make sure
services remain forwarding for at least two weeks, to accommodate this.
As I try to remember to set TTL's to a low value for a while before
making changes, I usually say "to hell with 'em" and only support the
forwarding for a little longer than the TTL allows fo

-- 
Cole Tuininga <colet at code-energy.com>