On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, vince cagud wrote:
> i do have a question though...if it is a decrement instead of an
> increment, will the zone still be propagated? in our case, the previous
> admin erroneously added an extra digit on the year...so, if i correct it
> by removing said digit, i actually decrease the number by a power of
> ten. or, any change will propagate as long is it's different from the
> previous serial number? thanks.
As long as you change the serial number, whether it's an increment or
decrement as long as the new number does not exceed 10 digits long. The
'serial number' is just a marker so that name servers know that there were
modifications done in your zone file.
Incrementing it by date, for example, is more of a style -- it is easier
to track changes when you have a serial number like 2001081501 compared
with a random number.
Froilan Mendoza
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