DNS report for zone “base.org”
Hostmaster for zone base.org is: admin@base.orgIP settings (as seen from svr05.datta.net)
info
You have 4 nameservers.
info
You have nameservers in several C-Nets, that's good!
Mail settings (as seen from svr05.datta.net)
warn
You have only 1 mailserver. Consider getting a backup one!
Zone as seen from “svr02.datta.net” [209.68.0.85]
info
svr02.datta.net is running the latest version of the zone(2009062201).
info
SOA serial seems to follow good standards. We recommend it to be in YYYYMMDDxx-format, which yours appear to be. This would suggest that your zone was last updated at 2009-06-22, and has been updated 2 times on that day.
info
This nameserver does not allow zone transfers.
info
This nameserver does not support recursion, which is good. Public nameservers should never support recursion.
info
Your nameserver responds to queries via TCP.
info
Your nameserver responds authorative for the zone.
info
Your SOA refresh value of 120 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA retry value of 120 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA expiry value of 28 days is good.
warn
A minimum TTL (Time To Live) of 259200 is quite high. RFC2308 recommends a minimum TTL between 1-3 hours.
Zone as seen from “svr01.datta.net” [209.68.63.245]
info
svr01.datta.net is running the latest version of the zone(2009062201).
info
SOA serial seems to follow good standards. We recommend it to be in YYYYMMDDxx-format, which yours appear to be. This would suggest that your zone was last updated at 2009-06-22, and has been updated 2 times on that day.
info
This nameserver does not allow zone transfers.
info
This nameserver does not support recursion, which is good. Public nameservers should never support recursion.
info
Your nameserver responds to queries via TCP.
info
Your nameserver responds authorative for the zone.
info
Your SOA refresh value of 120 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA retry value of 120 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA expiry value of 28 days is good.
warn
A minimum TTL (Time To Live) of 259200 is quite high. RFC2308 recommends a minimum TTL between 1-3 hours.
Zone as seen from “svr04.datta.net” [193.201.200.134]
info
svr04.datta.net is running the latest version of the zone(2009062201).
info
SOA serial seems to follow good standards. We recommend it to be in YYYYMMDDxx-format, which yours appear to be. This would suggest that your zone was last updated at 2009-06-22, and has been updated 2 times on that day.
info
This nameserver does not allow zone transfers.
error
Your nameserver supports recursion. This is really bad to have activated on public nameservers since they can then be used for amplification of Denial Of Service attacks! You can find more information about it here: http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion033006.pdf
info
Your nameserver responds to queries via TCP.
info
Your nameserver responds authorative for the zone.
info
Your SOA refresh value of 120 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA retry value of 120 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA expiry value of 28 days is good.
warn
A minimum TTL (Time To Live) of 259200 is quite high. RFC2308 recommends a minimum TTL between 1-3 hours.
Zone as seen from “svr06.datta.net” [78.47.195.194]
error
Host is down!
Zone as seen from “svr05.datta.net” [78.47.154.236]
info
svr05.datta.net is running the latest version of the zone(2009062201).
info
SOA serial seems to follow good standards. We recommend it to be in YYYYMMDDxx-format, which yours appear to be. This would suggest that your zone was last updated at 2009-06-22, and has been updated 2 times on that day.
info
This nameserver does not allow zone transfers.
error
Your nameserver supports recursion. This is really bad to have activated on public nameservers since they can then be used for amplification of Denial Of Service attacks! You can find more information about it here: http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion033006.pdf
info
Your nameserver responds to queries via TCP.
info
Your nameserver responds authorative for the zone.
info
Your SOA refresh value of 120 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA retry value of 120 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA expiry value of 28 days is good.
warn
A minimum TTL (Time To Live) of 259200 is quite high. RFC2308 recommends a minimum TTL between 1-3 hours.