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SOA (start of authority) — (From RFC 1035, pages 19-20)
owner ttl classSOAsource-dname mbox (serial refresh retry expire minimum)
movie.edu. IN SOA terminator.movie.edu. al.robocop.movie.edu. (
1 ; Serial
10800 ; Refresh after 3 hours
3600 ; Retry after 1 hour
604800 ; Expire after 1 week
86400 ) ; Minimum TTL of 1 daySOA type code: 6
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
/ MNAME /
/ /
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
/ RNAME /
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| SERIAL |
| |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| REFRESH |
| |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| RETRY |
| |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| EXPIRE |
| |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| MINIMUM |
| |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+where:
The domain-name of the name server that
was the original or primary source of data for this zone.
A domain-name which specifies the mailbox
of the person responsible for this zone.
The unsigned 32 bit version number of the original copy of the zone. Zone transfers preserve this value. This value wraps and should be compared using sequence space arithmetic.
A 32 bit time interval before the zone should be refreshed.
A 32 bit time interval that should elapse before a failed refresh should be retried.
A 32 bit time value that specifies the upper limit on the time interval ...
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