Timers

As we have already presented, southern countries use higher timers. Table 3 brings together the medium timer values used in each country.


Table 3: Medium SOA timers per country (1992, April the 14th)

  Refresh Retry Expire Default TTL
AT 21058 3074 708541 69927
BE 6720 1480 2528640 195840
BG 86400 14400 2592000 345600
CH 21873 4092 1479989 10657
CS 67500 26100 10656000 280800
DE 22227 2663 2427647 95146
DK 11095 3976 3526706 77634
ES 28050 6840 677040 88200
FI 18300 1569 1983267 44444
FR 22632 4886 3381676 166468
GR 38371 13580 2937600 198088
HU 86400 9000 3096000 216000
IE 41625 6825 1150200 153787
IL 30750 7502 2666215 115477
IS 28800 7200 604800 86400
IT 42553 2489 1698208 132718
NL 20413 6098 1028871 84346
NO 11956 1260 1347906 76274
PL 69213 6155 2508387 195097
PT 72686 7200 1357714 140914
SE 10538 1773 2668534 69703
SU 86400 14400 2592000 345600
TN 50400 9000 734400 129600
UK 12187 3777 1725540 80915
YU 28800 7200 604800 86400


More interesting, and more serious too, are admnistrators that were using values clearly inadequate as for example: