DNS report for zone “giantevilmonster.net”
Hostmaster for zone giantevilmonster.net is: hostmaster@dreamhost.comIP settings (as seen from ns3.dreamhost.com)
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You have 3 nameservers.
info
You have nameservers in several C-Nets, that's good!
Mail settings (as seen from ns3.dreamhost.com)
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You don't have any mailservers set up. This is OK if you don't use any mail for the domain.
Zone as seen from “ns1.dreamhost.com” [66.33.206.206]
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ns1.dreamhost.com is running the latest version of the zone(2009091600).
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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 2009-09-16, and has been updated 1 time on that day.
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This nameserver does not allow zone transfers.
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This nameserver does not support recursion, which is good. Public nameservers should never support recursion.
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Your nameserver responds to queries via TCP.
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Your nameserver responds authorative for the zone.
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Your SOA refresh value of 30 minutes is good.
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Your SOA retry value of 30 minutes is good.
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Your SOA expiry value of 21 days is good.
warn
A minimum TTL (Time To Live) of 14400 is quite high. RFC2308 recommends a minimum TTL between 1-3 hours.
Zone as seen from “ns2.dreamhost.com” [208.96.10.221]
info
ns2.dreamhost.com is running the latest version of the zone(2009091600).
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 2009-09-16, and has been updated 1 time on that day.
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This nameserver does not allow zone transfers.
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This nameserver does not support recursion, which is good. Public nameservers should never support recursion.
info
Your nameserver responds to queries via TCP.
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Your nameserver responds authorative for the zone.
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Your SOA refresh value of 30 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA retry value of 30 minutes is good.
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Your SOA expiry value of 21 days is good.
warn
A minimum TTL (Time To Live) of 14400 is quite high. RFC2308 recommends a minimum TTL between 1-3 hours.
Zone as seen from “ns3.dreamhost.com” [66.33.216.216]
info
ns3.dreamhost.com is running the latest version of the zone(2009091600).
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 2009-09-16, and has been updated 1 time 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 30 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA retry value of 30 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA expiry value of 21 days is good.
warn
A minimum TTL (Time To Live) of 14400 is quite high. RFC2308 recommends a minimum TTL between 1-3 hours.