At 02:55 PM -0400 6/5/02, Timothy Binder wrote:
> >
>> Of course, both this and the previously-mentioned setting of TTLs to a low
>> value all depend on the cooperation of the existing host. If she turns out to
>> have a mean streak, she could actually set TTLs very high just to ensure that
>> the transition does not go well.
>>
>> Against that contingency, what can I do?
>
>TTL is set on the authoritative name servers. If you have access to the
>domain registry, you could take over DNS ASAP, copying the existing zone.

I wish. As it happens, the domain is registered at VeriSign and the ISP, not the 
registrant, is the current Administrative and Technical Contact. As I told the 
registrant, "I hope you have a good working relationship with these folks..."

-- 
"Your new computer's not gonna be a Mac? Dude, you're getting a Dull!"

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