DNS report for zone “mgillespie.net”
Hostmaster for zone mgillespie.net is: admin@sherweb.comIP settings (as seen from dns2.sherweb.com)
info
You have 2 nameservers.
info
You have nameservers in several C-Nets, that's good!
Mail settings (as seen from dns2.sherweb.com)
info
You have 2 mailservers.
Zone as seen from “dns1.sherweb.com” [66.46.176.250]
info
dns1.sherweb.com is running the latest version of the zone(17).
warn
We recommend that you keep your SOA in YYYYMMDDxx-format.
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 5 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA retry value of 5 minutes is good.
warn
A SOA expiry value of 604800 is too low. This value denotes for how long the zone is valid when the master is down. RFC1912 suggests it should be between 2 and 4 weeks.
warn
A minimum TTL (Time To Live) of 604800 is quite high. RFC2308 recommends a minimum TTL between 1-3 hours.
Zone as seen from “dns2.sherweb.com” [66.46.176.251]
info
dns2.sherweb.com is running the latest version of the zone(17).
warn
We recommend that you keep your SOA in YYYYMMDDxx-format.
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 5 minutes is good.
info
Your SOA retry value of 5 minutes is good.
warn
A SOA expiry value of 604800 is too low. This value denotes for how long the zone is valid when the master is down. RFC1912 suggests it should be between 2 and 4 weeks.
warn
A minimum TTL (Time To Live) of 604800 is quite high. RFC2308 recommends a minimum TTL between 1-3 hours.