<tt><font size=2>OK, BIND Changelog #834, says that BIND does take the
SOA minimum TTL field in the absence of $TTL, but always throws a warning
about it.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>So as far as I can see, strictly speaking it's illegal
not to have a $TTL, but implementations fudge it.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Presumably this is because 2308 failed to say anything
about what happens if $TTL is omitted.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Ray</font></tt>
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