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Apr 28, 2020

2 TTL related registry on Windows client OS

1. Maximum time a client will cache positive results regardless what TTL a record holds:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters\MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit

Note: A record will be cache on client for the period specified in


  • record TTL or
  • above registry value, whichever is less. 


2. When register its own record, the TTL sent to DNS server:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DefaultRegistrationTTL


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