How to Prevent a DNS Server from Caching Records from Recursive Queries (245469)

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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SUMMARY

As a Domain Name System (DNS) server performs name resolution for a name query, it caches a copy of the data. This is retained for the time period specified by the Time To Live (TTL) value. By default, the data is kept in memory until the TTL time period has expired, DNS has been stopped, or the MaxCacheTtl value on the DNS server has expired, whichever occurs first.

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To prevent a Microsoft DNS server from caching records from recursive queries:

Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS\Parameters
On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following value:
Value: MaxCacheTtl
Data Type: DWORD
Data value: 0
Click OK.
Quit Registry Editor.
Restart the DNS server.

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198408 Microsoft DNS Server Registry Parameters, Part 1 of 3