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[Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net>]

No, it's not just a Windows, problem, but Windows is the most difficult
to work with.  On Linux (and probably on Mac), it would be a simple
matter of writing up a script that is run by a cron job... maybe once an
hour refresh the entries.  I could write up something like that one of
these evenings and get it posted for use, unless someone else wants to
do it.

On 10/10/2012 02:53 PM, sjeap wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This isn't a Windows problem only, I think, if you want to create a
> process as described, you have to use a separate program with Linux, Mac
> OS X or Android, too. Better than a Windows-only service, I assume.
> There are some efforts to create such tools (also for OpenNIC), but I
> currently don't remember the names. It's something more advanced than
> those under http://wiki.opennicproject.org/HomePage#hn_DNS_Wizards,
> needs a search through the mail archive.
>
> However, I would agree on a somewhat shorter period, if everyone would
> use only ONE DNS server. But actually one uses at least two or more DNS
> servers (at different regions), so the average user would recognize an
> outage of one DNS server not until a longer period. Therefore this
> depends on what the change of periods is for. The public listings are
> primarily for the average users. But generally, the more precise, the
> better, it doesn't hurt.
>
> Regards sjeap
>
>