Well, yes, you have to flush the cache after you lower the TTL, of course.
Like you said, if he's not got access to the DNS server(s), it's a moot
point, and
your suggestion is better.

Simon Hobson wrote:
> Tobias J Kreidl wrote:
>> If you have access to the DNS server(s), you can always set the TTL down
>> to 5 minutes or so, if that cached value is a problem, and once clear,
>> set it back up to a reasonable value.
>
> He won't have access to the servers running the blacklist domain. But 
> if he has control over the local caching resolver he's using then he 
> can flush the cache in that (rndc flush) which would have the desired 
> effect.
>
> BTW - lowering the TTL after someone has cached the results of a 
> lookup won't help. Their cache will just return the cached entry 
> until the TTL in effect when it was looked up expires - it will only 
> then do another lookup and get the new TTL.
>


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