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:
- Expire above 1 year (36000000 seconds);
- The four timers with 15 seconds (``silab.dsi.uniti.it'');
- Null default TTL (``agw.docs.uu.se'').