Re: [chrony-users] hostnames vs. IP address in chrony.conf

["Tomalak Geret'kal" <tom@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 30/10/2012 19:24, Tomalak Geret'kal wrote:
> On 30/10/2012 19:21, Bill Unruh wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Oct 2012, Tomalak Geret'kal wrote:
> >
> > > Could chronyd not be made to pay attention to the TTL of 
> > > the IPs it resolves?
> > > That would /truly/ be "using IP to make that association".
> >
> > What is the "TTL of the IPs it resolves"?
> Let me be clearer, then.
>
> Every domain name has a TTL, short for "time to live". 
> When chrony resolves a domain name to its IP, could it not 
> be made to abide by this TTL and re-resolve the domain 
> name when it expires? This is the way that every other 
> domain resolver in the world works, and is the fundamental 
> underpinning of the Domain Name System.
>
> Tom
(Or, as John suggests, letting the actual DNS resolver 
handle the caching, as is its job.)

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