Verisign to increase daily .com/.net updates

[aww]

This is going to happen February 9th, 2004 (expect some website problems)

VeriSign Naming and Directory Services will change the serial number format in the .com and .net zones' SOA records.

That will allow VeriSign to make better use of its ATLAS (Advanced Transaction Lookup and Signalling system) technology to make more frequent and efficient updates to .com and .net, from the current system of two daily updates, Burns said.

Also, companies that have incorrectly formatted their DNS servers to get information directly from the DNS root servers maintained by VeriSign will stop receiving updates on Feb. 9, leaving those servers and the Internet users who rely on them out of step with the rest of the Internet, he said.

"The damage won't be catastrophic, but some DNS servers could stop receiving updates," he said.

 

[InteractAsia]

that would mean faster dns propagation...

 

[JMJ]

About time...

 

[Riceman]

Yeah, hopefully as fast or faster than .biz or .info

 

[Cyphix]

Originally posted by JoltHost
About time...

Yeah.. they been dragging their butts with this!

 

[Dave_Z]

In the words of Stanley K. Burrell (aka MC Hammer, then Hammer):

"We got to pray just to make it today!"

Let's pray! :lol:

 

[InteractAsia]

ahh yes well..still about a month away though

 

[DuffMan]

Wait a second, VeriSign doing something good? What happened?

 

[pelican]

Originally posted by DuffMan
Wait a second, VeriSign doing something good? What happened?

I am amzed too. ;P

 

[Bill1]

lol @ duffman

 

[Dave_Z]

It's already Feb. 10. Has it happened yet?

 

[DomainMiner.com]

How frequent will they be?

 

[dax]

OK. I think there is something wrongly formatted here.

Verisign will

change the serial number format in the .com and .net zones' SOA records

in 09th Feb.

This will in the future

allow VeriSign to make better use of its ATLAS

.

As i see - updates are still on twice-a-day basis...

 

[InteractAsia]

that would mean?

 

[AdoptableDomains]

Originally posted by DuffMan
Wait a second, VeriSign doing something good? What happened?

Most other registrars have already been doing it. I wouldn't quite call being last "good". I'd call it playing catch up with the little guys.