DNS report for zone “dynamicdnsproviders.net”
Hostmaster for zone dynamicdnsproviders.net is: david@polaris.canweb.caIP settings (as seen from polaris.canweb.ca)
info
You have 2 nameservers.
info
You have nameservers in several C-Nets, that's good!
Mail settings (as seen from polaris.canweb.ca)
warn
You have only 1 mailserver. Consider getting a backup one!
Zone as seen from “altair.canweb.ca” [204.225.44.3]
info
altair.canweb.ca is running the latest version of the zone(2005120801).
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 2005-12-08, and has been updated 2 times on that day.
warn
This nameserver supports zone transfers. This enables people to fetch a list of all DNS records in your zone. To view the list please click here!
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 15 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA retry value of 15 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA expiry value of 14 days is good.
warn
A minimum TTL (Time To Live) of 86400 is quite high. RFC2308 recommends a minimum TTL between 1-3 hours.
Zone as seen from “polaris.canweb.ca” [204.225.44.2]
info
polaris.canweb.ca is running the latest version of the zone(2005120801).
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 2005-12-08, and has been updated 2 times on that day.
warn
This nameserver supports zone transfers. This enables people to fetch a list of all DNS records in your zone. To view the list please click here!
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 15 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA retry value of 15 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA expiry value of 14 days is good.
warn
A minimum TTL (Time To Live) of 86400 is quite high. RFC2308 recommends a minimum TTL between 1-3 hours.