The Properties section displays the following details for your domain:
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General Properties – Displays the basic details for the current domain.
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SOA Record – A Start of Authority (SOA) Record specifies the authoritative name server for the domain, the email of the domain administrator, the domain serial number, and the timers.
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Name Server – Displays the current Name Servers for the account, along with any possible alerts for the name servers.
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Aliased Domains – Displays any alias domains associated to the current domain.
An additional feature available is the Force Zone Transfer function. Clicking this button will automatically start a transfer of the zone / domain details from your configured Primary Name Server. If the transfer fails, the Backup Primary NameServer will be initiated.
General Properties
The General Properties section displays the activity for your account.
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Zone Type – The type of zone is associated to your account.
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Last Modified – The date and time your account was last modified on.
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Resource Record Count – The total count of Resource Records on your account.
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Account Name – The account name you are currently logged in with.
SOA Record
Click the Edit button to update your SOA Record details for your domain.
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Primary Nameserver - The nameserver that has the domain's authoritative data.
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Zone contact E-mail - The domain administrator's e-mail address.
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Serial - By default, yyyymmddx, where yyyymmdd is the date of the domain creation and x is the version number of the data, which is automatically incremented whenever the domain data changes.
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TTL - Defines amount of time, in seconds, that any nameserver or resolver may cache the record.
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Refresh - The amount of time, in seconds, that secondary nameservers should check for updated domain data. Pertains only to secondary nameservers that obtain data from the primary nameserver.
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Expire - The amount of time, in seconds, a secondary nameserver attempts to obtain data from the primary nameserver. After this time passes, the secondary nameserver expires its data and no longer hands out answers for the domain. Pertains only to secondary nameservers that obtain data from the primary nameserver. Note: The Expire value should be much greater than the Refresh and Retry values. Otherwise, your secondary servers may expire the data before they can upload new data.
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Min Cache - Defines the amount of time, in seconds, that any nameserver or resolver should cache a negative response.
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Retry - The amount of time, in seconds, that secondary nameservers should attempt to contact the primary nameserver if the Refresh time as passed. Pertains only to secondary nameservers that obtain data from the primary nameserver.
Name Server
The Name Server information is updated every seven calendar days for your account, and displays the two default Name Server records that are created along with any additional Name Server records you have created. The “Actual” status of the records is displayed as well.
Aliased Domains
The Aliased Domains section will display any aliased domains that you may have on the UI.