New registrations start working generally quicker since the initial
queries from other nameservers through the process of recursion end up
having to go up to the top.
Changes to domain records can be a bit more frustrating for the impatient
due to cache on other, "non-authoritative" servers.
On 24 Jan 2000, James H. Cloos Jr. wrote:
> >>>>> "Ross" == Ross Wm Rader <ross@tucows.com> writes:
>
> Ross> It takes about 24 hours. If it shows up in whois.opensrs.net:43
> Ross> - it's as good as done. The root zones get updated almost
> Ross> immediately, but the NSI whois doesn't (once a day I believe).
>
> Note that, AFAICT, although the root zones may be updated in
> real-time, a.root-servers.net is only reloaded once a day,
> about the same time the internic whois server is reloaded.
>
> The glue records will the propagate from a.root-servers to
> the rest of them. Only when the glue records propagate is
> it possible to make widespread use of the new domain -- or
> and namesrever changes to a domain. (And it can take more
> than two days for all of the root servers to get in sync.)
>
>
> And it does jibe with what I can see from testing.
>
>
> -JimC
>
-Bradley-
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