Can I find out whether my DNS provider honor my TTL settting?

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Is there any way to determine if my DNS provider actually use the TTL setting I provide?

Do you mean "I have put a set of RRs into my DNS providers website, including TTLs, how can I confirm that the provider is exporting those TTLs to the world unchanged"? — MadHatter, Apr 22 '12 at 20:41
Then `dig` is your friend, as Tutul has already said. You should substitute your domain for `gmail.com`, and your nameservers in turn for `ns1.google.com`. — MadHatter, Apr 23 '12 at 05:55

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 22 '12 at 23:10

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$dig @ns1.google.com +nocmd gmail.com A +noall +answer

gmail.com.      300 IN  A   74.125.235.53
gmail.com.      300 IN  A   74.125.235.54

the second column here is the TTL value (300)

answered Apr 22 '12 at 23:10

Tutul

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '12 at 07:05

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The website http://www.mxtoolbox.com/ can tell you that information.

answered Apr 23 '12 at 07:05

steenhulthin

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