diff --git a/data/templates/dns-dynamic/ddclient.conf.j2 b/data/templates/dns-dynamic/ddclient.conf.j2
index 421daf1df..5905b19ea 100644
--- a/data/templates/dns-dynamic/ddclient.conf.j2
+++ b/data/templates/dns-dynamic/ddclient.conf.j2
@@ -1,72 +1,75 @@
 {% macro render_config(host, address, web_options, ip_suffixes=['']) %}
 {# Address: use=if, if=ethX, usev6=ifv6, ifv6=ethX, usev6=webv6, webv6=https://v6.example.com #}
 {% for ipv in ip_suffixes %}
 use{{ ipv }}={{ address if address == 'web' else 'if' }}{{ ipv }}, \
 {%     if address == 'web' %}
 {%         if web_options.url is vyos_defined %}
 web{{ ipv }}={{ web_options.url }}, \
 {%         endif %}
 {%         if web_options.skip is vyos_defined %}
 web-skip{{ ipv }}='{{ web_options.skip }}', \
 {%         endif %}
 {%     else %}
 if{{ ipv }}={{ address }}, \
 {%     endif %}
 {% endfor %}
 {# Other service options #}
 {% for k,v in kwargs.items() %}
 {%     if v is vyos_defined %}
 {{ k }}={{ v }}{{ ',' if not loop.last }} \
 {%     endif %}
 {% endfor %}
 {# Actual hostname for the service #}
 {{ host }}
 {% endmacro %}
 ### Autogenerated by dns_dynamic.py ###
 daemon={{ timeout }}
 syslog=yes
 ssl=yes
 pid={{ config_file | replace('.conf', '.pid') }}
 cache={{ config_file | replace('.conf', '.cache') }}
-{# Explicitly override global options for reliability #}
-web=googledomains {# ddclient default ('dyndns') doesn't support ssl and results in process lockup #}
-use=no            {# ddclient default ('ip') results in confusing warning message in log #}
+{# ddclient default (web=dyndns) doesn't support ssl and results in process lockup #}
+web=googledomains
+{# ddclient default (use=ip) results in confusing warning message in log #}
+use=no
 
 {% if address is vyos_defined %}
 {%     for address, service_cfg in address.items() %}
 {%         if service_cfg.rfc2136 is vyos_defined %}
 {%             for name, config in service_cfg.rfc2136.items() %}
 {%                 if config.description is vyos_defined %}
-# {{ config.description }}
 
+# {{ config.description }}
 {%                 endif %}
 {%                 for host in config.host_name if config.host_name is vyos_defined %}
+
 # RFC2136 dynamic DNS configuration for {{ name }}: [{{ config.zone }}, {{ host }}]
 {# Don't append 'new-style' compliant suffix ('usev4', 'usev6', 'ifv4', 'ifv6' etc.)
    to the properties since 'nsupdate' doesn't support that yet. #}
 {{ render_config(host, address, service_cfg.web_options,
                  protocol='nsupdate', server=config.server, zone=config.zone,
                  password=config.key, ttl=config.ttl) }}
 
 {%                 endfor %}
 {%             endfor %}
 {%         endif %}
 {%         if service_cfg.service is vyos_defined %}
 {%             for name, config in service_cfg.service.items() %}
 {%                 if config.description is vyos_defined %}
-# {{ config.description }}
 
+# {{ config.description }}
 {%                 endif %}
 {%                 for host in config.host_name if config.host_name is vyos_defined %}
 {%                     set ip_suffixes = ['v4', 'v6'] if config.ip_version == 'both'
-                                                      else [config.ip_version[2:]] %} {# 'ipvX' -> 'vX' #}
+                                                      else [config.ip_version[2:]] %}
+
 # Web service dynamic DNS configuration for {{ name }}: [{{ config.protocol }}, {{ host }}]
 {{ render_config(host, address, service_cfg.web_options, ip_suffixes,
                  protocol=config.protocol, server=config.server, zone=config.zone,
-                 login=config.username, password=config.password) }}
+                 login=config.username, password=config.password, ttl=config.ttl) }}
 
 {%                 endfor %}
 {%             endfor %}
 {%         endif %}
 {%     endfor %}
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/data/templates/dns-dynamic/override.conf.j2 b/data/templates/dns-dynamic/override.conf.j2
index 6ca1b8a45..4a6851cef 100644
--- a/data/templates/dns-dynamic/override.conf.j2
+++ b/data/templates/dns-dynamic/override.conf.j2
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {% set vrf_command = 'ip vrf exec ' ~ vrf ~ ' ' if vrf is vyos_defined else '' %}
 [Unit]
 ConditionPathExists={{ config_file }}
 After=vyos-router.service
 
 [Service]
 PIDFile={{ config_file | replace('.conf', '.pid') }}
 EnvironmentFile=
 ExecStart=
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/ddclient -file {{ config_file }}
+ExecStart={{ vrf_command }}/usr/bin/ddclient -file {{ config_file }}
diff --git a/interface-definitions/dns-dynamic.xml.in b/interface-definitions/dns-dynamic.xml.in
index a0720f3aa..ba7f426c1 100644
--- a/interface-definitions/dns-dynamic.xml.in
+++ b/interface-definitions/dns-dynamic.xml.in
@@ -1,173 +1,156 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <interfaceDefinition>
   <node name="service">
     <children>
       <node name="dns">
         <properties>
           <help>Domain Name System (DNS) related services</help>
         </properties>
         <children>
           <node name="dynamic" owner="${vyos_conf_scripts_dir}/dns_dynamic.py">
             <properties>
               <help>Dynamic DNS</help>
             </properties>
             <children>
               <tagNode name="address">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Obtain IP address to send Dynamic DNS update for</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>txt</format>
                     <description>Use interface to obtain the IP address</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>web</format>
                     <description>Use HTTP(S) web request to obtain the IP address</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <completionHelp>
                     <script>${vyos_completion_dir}/list_interfaces</script>
                     <list>web</list>
                   </completionHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     #include <include/constraint/interface-name.xml.i>
                     <regex>web</regex>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <children>
                   <node name="web-options">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Options when using HTTP(S) web request to obtain the IP address</help>
                     </properties>
                     <children>
                       #include <include/url.xml.i>
                       <leafNode name="skip">
                         <properties>
                           <help>Pattern to skip from the HTTP(S) respose</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>Pattern to skip from the HTTP(S) respose to extract the external IP address</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                     </children>
                   </node>
                   <tagNode name="rfc2136">
                     <properties>
                       <help>RFC2136 nsupdate configuration</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>txt</format>
                         <description>RFC2136 nsupdate service name</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                     </properties>
                     <children>
                       #include <include/generic-description.xml.i>
                       #include <include/dns/dynamic-service-host-name-server.xml.i>
                       <leafNode name="key">
                         <properties>
                           <help>File containing the TSIG secret key shared with remote DNS server</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>filename</format>
                             <description>File in /config/auth directory</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <validator name="file-path" argument="--strict --parent-dir /config/auth"/>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                       #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
-                      <leafNode name="zone">
-                        <properties>
-                          <help>Forwarding zone to be updated</help>
-                          <valueHelp>
-                            <format>txt</format>
-                            <description>RFC2136 Zone to be updated</description>
-                          </valueHelp>
-                          <constraint>
-                            <validator name="fqdn"/>
-                          </constraint>
-                        </properties>
-                      </leafNode>
+                      #include <include/dns/dynamic-service-zone.xml.i>
                     </children>
                   </tagNode>
                   <tagNode name="service">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Dynamic DNS configuration</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>txt</format>
                         <description>Dynamic DNS service name</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                     </properties>
                     <children>
                       #include <include/generic-description.xml.i>
                       #include <include/dns/dynamic-service-host-name-server.xml.i>
                       #include <include/generic-username.xml.i>
                       #include <include/generic-password.xml.i>
+                      #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
                       <leafNode name="protocol">
                         <properties>
                           <help>ddclient protocol used for Dynamic DNS service</help>
                           <completionHelp>
                             <script>${vyos_completion_dir}/list_ddclient_protocols.sh</script>
                           </completionHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <validator name="ddclient-protocol"/>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
-                      <leafNode name="zone">
-                        <properties>
-                          <help>DNS zone to update (not used by all protocols)</help>
-                          <valueHelp>
-                            <format>txt</format>
-                            <description>Name of DNS zone</description>
-                          </valueHelp>
-                        </properties>
-                      </leafNode>
+                      #include <include/dns/dynamic-service-zone.xml.i>
                       <leafNode name="ip-version">
                         <properties>
                           <help>IP address version to use</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>_ipv4</format>
                             <description>Use only IPv4 address</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>_ipv6</format>
                             <description>Use only IPv6 address</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>both</format>
                             <description>Use both IPv4 and IPv6 address</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <completionHelp>
                             <list>ipv4 ipv6 both</list>
                           </completionHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>(ipv[46]|both)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                           <constraintErrorMessage>IP Version must be literal 'ipv4', 'ipv6' or 'both'</constraintErrorMessage>
                         </properties>
                         <defaultValue>ipv4</defaultValue>
                       </leafNode>
                     </children>
                   </tagNode>
                 </children>
               </tagNode>
               <leafNode name="timeout">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Time in seconds to wait between DNS updates</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>u32:60-3600</format>
                     <description>Time in seconds</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 60-3600"/>
                   </constraint>
                   <constraintErrorMessage>Timeout must be between 60 and 3600 seconds</constraintErrorMessage>
                 </properties>
                 <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
+              #include <include/interface/vrf.xml.i>
             </children>
           </node>
         </children>
       </node>
     </children>
   </node>
 </interfaceDefinition>
diff --git a/interface-definitions/dns-forwarding.xml.in b/interface-definitions/dns-forwarding.xml.in
index 86dc47a47..c4295317a 100644
--- a/interface-definitions/dns-forwarding.xml.in
+++ b/interface-definitions/dns-forwarding.xml.in
@@ -1,690 +1,720 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!-- DNS forwarder configuration -->
 <interfaceDefinition>
   <node name="service">
     <children>
       <node name="dns">
         <properties>
           <help>Domain Name System (DNS) related services</help>
         </properties>
         <children>
           <node name="forwarding" owner="${vyos_conf_scripts_dir}/dns_forwarding.py">
             <properties>
               <help>DNS forwarding</help>
               <priority>918</priority>
             </properties>
             <children>
               <leafNode name="cache-size">
                 <properties>
                   <help>DNS forwarding cache size</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>u32:0-2147483647</format>
                     <description>DNS forwarding cache size</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-2147483647"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <defaultValue>10000</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="dhcp">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Interfaces whose DHCP client nameservers to forward requests to</help>
                   <completionHelp>
                     <script>${vyos_completion_dir}/list_interfaces</script>
                   </completionHelp>
                   <multi/>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="dns64-prefix">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Help to communicate between IPv6-only client and IPv4-only server</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>ipv6net</format>
                     <description>IPv6 address and /96 only prefix length</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="ipv6-prefix"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="dnssec">
                 <properties>
                   <help>DNSSEC mode</help>
                   <completionHelp>
                     <list>off process-no-validate process log-fail validate</list>
                   </completionHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>off</format>
                     <description>No DNSSEC processing whatsoever!</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>process-no-validate</format>
                     <description>Respond with DNSSEC records to clients that ask for it. No validation done at all!</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>process</format>
                     <description>Respond with DNSSEC records to clients that ask for it. Validation for clients that request it.</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>log-fail</format>
                     <description>Similar behaviour to process, but validate RRSIGs on responses and log bogus responses.</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>validate</format>
                     <description>Full blown DNSSEC validation. Send SERVFAIL to clients on bogus responses.</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <regex>(off|process-no-validate|process|log-fail|validate)</regex>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <defaultValue>process-no-validate</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
               <tagNode name="domain">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Domain to forward to a custom DNS server</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>txt</format>
                     <description>An absolute DNS domain name</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="fqdn"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <children>
                   #include <include/name-server-ipv4-ipv6-port.xml.i>
                   <leafNode name="addnta">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Add NTA (negative trust anchor) for this domain (must be set if the domain does not support DNSSEC)</help>
                       <valueless/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="recursion-desired">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Set the "recursion desired" bit in requests to the upstream nameserver</help>
                       <valueless/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                 </children>
               </tagNode>
               <tagNode name="authoritative-domain">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Domain to host authoritative records for</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>txt</format>
                     <description>An absolute DNS domain name</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="fqdn"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <children>
                   <node name="records">
                     <properties>
                       <help>DNS zone records</help>
                     </properties>
                     <children>
                       <tagNode name="a">
                         <properties>
                           <help>A record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>any</format>
                             <description>Wildcard record (any subdomain)</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@|any)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="address">
                             <properties>
                               <help>IPv4 address</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>ipv4</format>
                                 <description>IPv4 address</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <multi/>
                               <constraint>
                                 <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
+                          <leafNode name="ttl">
+                              <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
+                          </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="aaaa">
                         <properties>
                           <help>AAAA record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>any</format>
                             <description>Wildcard record (any subdomain)</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@|any)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="address">
                             <properties>
                               <help>IPv6 address</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>ipv6</format>
                                 <description>IPv6 address</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <multi/>
                               <constraint>
                                 <validator name="ipv6-address"/>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
+                          <leafNode name="ttl">
+                              <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
+                          </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="cname">
                         <properties>
                           <help>CNAME record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="target">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Target DNS name</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>name.example.com</format>
                                 <description>Absolute DNS name</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <constraint>
                                 <regex>[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
+                          <leafNode name="ttl">
+                              <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
+                          </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="mx">
                         <properties>
                           <help>MX record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <tagNode name="server">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Mail server</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>name.example.com</format>
                                 <description>Absolute DNS name</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <constraint>
                                 <regex>[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                             <children>
                               <leafNode name="priority">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Server priority</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>u32:1-999</format>
                                     <description>Server priority (lower numbers are higher priority)</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 1-999"/>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                                 <defaultValue>10</defaultValue>
                               </leafNode>
                             </children>
                           </tagNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
+                          <leafNode name="ttl">
+                              <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
+                          </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="ns">
                         <properties>
                           <help>NS record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="target">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Target DNS server authoritative for subdomain</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>nsXX.example.com</format>
                                 <description>Absolute DNS name</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <constraint>
                                 <regex>[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
+                          <leafNode name="ttl">
+                              <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
+                          </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="ptr">
                         <properties>
                           <help>PTR record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="target">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Target DNS name</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>name.example.com</format>
                                 <description>Absolute DNS name</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <constraint>
                                 <regex>[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
+                          <leafNode name="ttl">
+                              <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
+                          </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="txt">
                         <properties>
                           <help>TXT record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="value">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Record contents</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>txt</format>
                                 <description>Record contents</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <multi/>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
+                          <leafNode name="ttl">
+                              <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
+                          </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="spf">
                         <properties>
                           <help>SPF record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <leafNode name="value">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Record contents</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>txt</format>
                                 <description>Record contents</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                             </properties>
                           </leafNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
+                          <leafNode name="ttl">
+                              <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
+                          </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="srv">
                         <properties>
                           <help>SRV record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <tagNode name="entry">
                             <properties>
                               <help>Service entry</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                 <description>Entry number</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <constraint>
                                 <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65535"/>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                             <children>
                               <leafNode name="hostname">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Server hostname</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>name.example.com</format>
                                     <description>Absolute DNS name</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <regex>[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="port">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Port number</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                     <description>TCP/UDP port number</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65536"/>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="priority">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Entry priority</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                     <description>Entry priority (lower numbers are higher priority)</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65535"/>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                                 <defaultValue>10</defaultValue>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="weight">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Entry weight</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                     <description>Entry weight</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65535"/>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                                 <defaultValue>0</defaultValue>
                               </leafNode>
                             </children>
                           </tagNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
+                          <leafNode name="ttl">
+                              <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
+                          </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                       <tagNode name="naptr">
                         <properties>
                           <help>NAPTR record</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>txt</format>
                             <description>A DNS name relative to the root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>@</format>
                             <description>Root record</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>([-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}|@)(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                         <children>
                           <tagNode name="rule">
                             <properties>
                               <help>NAPTR rule</help>
                               <valueHelp>
                                 <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                 <description>Rule number</description>
                               </valueHelp>
                               <constraint>
                                 <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65535"/>
                               </constraint>
                             </properties>
                             <children>
                               <leafNode name="order">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Rule order</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                     <description>Rule order (lower order is evaluated first)</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65535"/>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="preference">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Rule preference</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>u32:0-65535</format>
                                     <description>Rule preference</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-65535"/>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                                 <defaultValue>0</defaultValue>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="lookup-srv">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>S flag</help>
                                   <valueless/>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="lookup-a">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>A flag</help>
                                   <valueless/>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="resolve-uri">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>U flag</help>
                                   <valueless/>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="protocol-specific">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>P flag</help>
                                   <valueless/>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="service">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Service type</help>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <regex>[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]{0,31}(\+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]{0,31})?</regex>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="regexp">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Regular expression</help>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                               <leafNode name="replacement">
                                 <properties>
                                   <help>Replacement DNS name</help>
                                   <valueHelp>
                                     <format>name.example.com</format>
                                     <description>Absolute DNS name</description>
                                   </valueHelp>
                                   <constraint>
                                     <regex>[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,63}(?&lt;!\.)</regex>
                                   </constraint>
                                 </properties>
                               </leafNode>
                             </children>
                           </tagNode>
                           #include <include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i>
+                          <leafNode name="ttl">
+                              <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
+                          </leafNode>
                           #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                         </children>
                       </tagNode>
                     </children>
                   </node>
                   #include <include/generic-disable-node.xml.i>
                 </children>
               </tagNode>
               <leafNode name="ignore-hosts-file">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Do not use local /etc/hosts file in name resolution</help>
                   <valueless/>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="no-serve-rfc1918">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Makes the server authoritatively not aware of RFC1918 addresses</help>
 		          <valueless/>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="allow-from">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Networks allowed to query this server</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>ipv4net</format>
                     <description>IP address and prefix length</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>ipv6net</format>
                     <description>IPv6 address and prefix length</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <multi/>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="ip-prefix"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               #include <include/listen-address.xml.i>
               #include <include/port-number.xml.i>
               <leafNode name="port">
                 <defaultValue>53</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="negative-ttl">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Maximum amount of time negative entries are cached</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>u32:0-7200</format>
                     <description>Seconds to cache NXDOMAIN entries</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-7200"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <defaultValue>3600</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="timeout">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Number of milliseconds to wait for a remote authoritative server to respond</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>u32:10-60000</format>
                     <description>Network timeout in milliseconds</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 10-60000"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <defaultValue>1500</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
               #include <include/name-server-ipv4-ipv6-port.xml.i>
               <leafNode name="source-address">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Local addresses from which to send DNS queries</help>
                   <completionHelp>
                     <script>${vyos_completion_dir}/list_local_ips.sh --both</script>
                   </completionHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>ipv4</format>
                     <description>IPv4 address from which to send traffic</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>ipv6</format>
                     <description>IPv6 address from which to send traffic</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <multi/>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="ip-address"/>
                   </constraint>
                 </properties>
                 <defaultValue>0.0.0.0 ::</defaultValue>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="system">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Use system name servers</help>
                   <valueless/>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
             </children>
           </node>
         </children>
       </node>
     </children>
   </node>
 </interfaceDefinition>
diff --git a/interface-definitions/include/dns/dynamic-service-host-name-server.xml.i b/interface-definitions/include/dns/dynamic-service-host-name-server.xml.i
index ee1af2a36..9dd14f97c 100644
--- a/interface-definitions/include/dns/dynamic-service-host-name-server.xml.i
+++ b/interface-definitions/include/dns/dynamic-service-host-name-server.xml.i
@@ -1,34 +1,35 @@
 <!-- include start from dns/dynamic-service-host-name-server.xml.i -->
 <leafNode name="host-name">
   <properties>
     <help>Hostname to register with Dynamic DNS service</help>
     <constraint>
         #include <include/constraint/host-name.xml.i>
+        <regex>(\@|\*)[-.A-Za-z0-9]*</regex>
     </constraint>
-    <constraintErrorMessage>Host-name must be alphanumeric and can contain hyphens</constraintErrorMessage>
+    <constraintErrorMessage>Host-name must be alphanumeric, can contain hyphens and can be prefixed with '@' or '*'</constraintErrorMessage>
     <multi/>
   </properties>
 </leafNode>
 <leafNode name="server">
   <properties>
     <help>Remote Dynamic DNS server to send updates to</help>
     <valueHelp>
       <format>ipv4</format>
       <description>IPv4 address of the remote server</description>
     </valueHelp>
     <valueHelp>
       <format>ipv6</format>
       <description>IPv6 address of the remote server</description>
     </valueHelp>
     <valueHelp>
       <format>hostname</format>
       <description>Fully qualified domain name of the remote server</description>
     </valueHelp>
     <constraint>
       <validator name="ip-address"/>
       <validator name="fqdn"/>
     </constraint>
     <constraintErrorMessage>Remote server must be IP address or fully qualified domain name</constraintErrorMessage>
   </properties>
 </leafNode>
 <!-- include end -->
diff --git a/interface-definitions/include/dns/dynamic-service-zone.xml.i b/interface-definitions/include/dns/dynamic-service-zone.xml.i
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cc00468f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interface-definitions/include/dns/dynamic-service-zone.xml.i
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<!-- include start from dns/dynamic-service-zone.xml.i -->
+<leafNode name="zone">
+  <properties>
+    <help>DNS zone to be updated</help>
+    <valueHelp>
+      <format>txt</format>
+      <description>Name of DNS zone</description>
+    </valueHelp>
+    <constraint>
+      <validator name="fqdn"/>
+    </constraint>
+  </properties>
+</leafNode>
+<!-- include end -->
diff --git a/interface-definitions/include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i b/interface-definitions/include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i
index 5c1a1472d..000eea108 100644
--- a/interface-definitions/include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i
+++ b/interface-definitions/include/dns/time-to-live.xml.i
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 <!-- include start from dns/time-to-live.xml.i -->
 <leafNode name="ttl">
   <properties>
     <help>Time-to-live (TTL)</help>
     <valueHelp>
       <format>u32:0-2147483647</format>
       <description>TTL in seconds</description>
     </valueHelp>
     <constraint>
       <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-2147483647"/>
     </constraint>
   </properties>
-  <defaultValue>300</defaultValue>
 </leafNode>
 <!-- include end -->
diff --git a/smoketest/scripts/cli/test_service_dns_dynamic.py b/smoketest/scripts/cli/test_service_dns_dynamic.py
index 357c3dfb1..66dcde434 100755
--- a/smoketest/scripts/cli/test_service_dns_dynamic.py
+++ b/smoketest/scripts/cli/test_service_dns_dynamic.py
@@ -1,192 +1,264 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2019-2023 VyOS maintainers and contributors
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import os
 import unittest
 import tempfile
+import random
+import string
 
 from base_vyostest_shim import VyOSUnitTestSHIM
 
 from vyos.configsession import ConfigSessionError
 from vyos.utils.process import cmd
 from vyos.utils.process import process_running
 
+DDCLIENT_SYSTEMD_UNIT = '/run/systemd/system/ddclient.service.d/override.conf'
 DDCLIENT_CONF = '/run/ddclient/ddclient.conf'
 DDCLIENT_PID = '/run/ddclient/ddclient.pid'
+DDCLIENT_PNAME = 'ddclient'
 
 base_path = ['service', 'dns', 'dynamic']
+server = 'ddns.vyos.io'
 hostname = 'test.ddns.vyos.io'
 zone = 'vyos.io'
+username = 'vyos_user'
 password = 'paSS_@4ord'
+ttl = '300'
 interface = 'eth0'
 
 class TestServiceDDNS(VyOSUnitTestSHIM.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Always start with a clean CLI instance
+        self.cli_delete(base_path)
+
     def tearDown(self):
         # Check for running process
         self.assertTrue(process_running(DDCLIENT_PID))
 
         # Delete DDNS configuration
         self.cli_delete(base_path)
         self.cli_commit()
 
         # PID file must no londer exist after process exited
         self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(DDCLIENT_PID))
 
     # IPv4 standard DDNS service configuration
     def test_01_dyndns_service_standard(self):
-        ddns = ['address', interface, 'service']
+        svc_path = ['address', interface, 'service']
         services = {'cloudflare': {'protocol': 'cloudflare'},
-                    'freedns': {'protocol': 'freedns', 'username': 'vyos_user'},
-                    'zoneedit': {'protocol': 'zoneedit1', 'username': 'vyos_user'}}
+                    'freedns': {'protocol': 'freedns', 'username': username},
+                    'zoneedit': {'protocol': 'zoneedit1', 'username': username}}
 
         for svc, details in services.items():
-            # Always start with a clean CLI instance
-            self.cli_delete(base_path)
-
-            self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + [svc, 'host-name', hostname])
-            self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + [svc, 'password', password])
-            self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + [svc, 'zone', zone])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + [svc, 'host-name', hostname])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + [svc, 'password', password])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + [svc, 'zone', zone])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + [svc, 'ttl', ttl])
             for opt, value in details.items():
-                self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + [svc, opt, value])
+                self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + [svc, opt, value])
 
-            # commit changes
+            # 'zone' option is supported and required by 'cloudfare', but not 'freedns' and 'zoneedit'
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + [svc, 'zone', zone])
+            if details['protocol'] == 'cloudflare':
+                pass
+            else:
+                # exception is raised for unsupported ones
+                with self.assertRaises(ConfigSessionError):
+                    self.cli_commit()
+                self.cli_delete(base_path + svc_path + [svc, 'zone'])
+
+            # 'ttl' option is supported by 'cloudfare', but not 'freedns' and 'zoneedit'
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + [svc, 'ttl', ttl])
             if details['protocol'] == 'cloudflare':
                 pass
             else:
-                # zone option does not work on all protocols, an exception is
-                # raised for all others
+                # exception is raised for unsupported ones
                 with self.assertRaises(ConfigSessionError):
                     self.cli_commit()
-                self.cli_delete(base_path + ddns + [svc, 'zone', zone])
+                self.cli_delete(base_path + svc_path + [svc, 'ttl'])
 
             # commit changes
             self.cli_commit()
 
             # Check the generating config parameters
             ddclient_conf = cmd(f'sudo cat {DDCLIENT_CONF}')
             # default value 300 seconds
             self.assertIn(f'daemon=300', ddclient_conf)
             self.assertIn(f'usev4=ifv4', ddclient_conf)
             self.assertIn(f'ifv4={interface}', ddclient_conf)
             self.assertIn(f'password={password}', ddclient_conf)
 
             for opt in details.keys():
                 if opt == 'username':
                     login = details[opt]
                     self.assertIn(f'login={login}', ddclient_conf)
                 else:
                     tmp = details[opt]
                     self.assertIn(f'{opt}={tmp}', ddclient_conf)
 
     # IPv6 only DDNS service configuration
     def test_02_dyndns_service_ipv6(self):
         timeout = '60'
-        ddns = ['address', interface, 'service', 'dynv6']
+        svc_path = ['address', interface, 'service', 'dynv6']
         proto = 'dyndns2'
-        user = 'none'
-        password = 'paSS_4ord'
-        srv = 'ddns.vyos.io'
         ip_version = 'ipv6'
 
         self.cli_set(base_path + ['timeout', timeout])
-        self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + ['ip-version', ip_version])
-        self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + ['protocol', proto])
-        self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + ['server', srv])
-        self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + ['username', user])
-        self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + ['password', password])
-        self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + ['host-name', hostname])
+        self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['ip-version', ip_version])
+        self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['protocol', proto])
+        self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['server', server])
+        self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['username', username])
+        self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['password', password])
+        self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['host-name', hostname])
 
         # commit changes
         self.cli_commit()
 
         # Check the generating config parameters
         ddclient_conf = cmd(f'sudo cat {DDCLIENT_CONF}')
         self.assertIn(f'daemon={timeout}', ddclient_conf)
         self.assertIn(f'usev6=ifv6', ddclient_conf)
         self.assertIn(f'ifv6={interface}', ddclient_conf)
         self.assertIn(f'protocol={proto}', ddclient_conf)
-        self.assertIn(f'server={srv}', ddclient_conf)
-        self.assertIn(f'login={user}', ddclient_conf)
+        self.assertIn(f'server={server}', ddclient_conf)
+        self.assertIn(f'login={username}', ddclient_conf)
         self.assertIn(f'password={password}', ddclient_conf)
 
     # IPv4+IPv6 dual DDNS service configuration
     def test_03_dyndns_service_dual_stack(self):
-        ddns = ['address', interface, 'service']
-        services = {'cloudflare': {'protocol': 'cloudflare', 'zone': 'vyos.io'},
-                    'freedns': {'protocol': 'freedns', 'username': 'vyos_user'}}
-        password = 'vyos_pass'
+        svc_path = ['address', interface, 'service']
+        services = {'cloudflare': {'protocol': 'cloudflare', 'zone': zone},
+                    'freedns': {'protocol': 'freedns', 'username': username},
+                    'google': {'protocol': 'googledomains', 'username': username}}
         ip_version = 'both'
 
-        for svc, details in services.items():
-            # Always start with a clean CLI instance
-            self.cli_delete(base_path)
-
-            self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + [svc, 'host-name', hostname])
-            self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + [svc, 'password', password])
-            self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + [svc, 'ip-version', ip_version])
+        for name, details in services.items():
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + [name, 'host-name', hostname])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + [name, 'password', password])
             for opt, value in details.items():
-                self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + [svc, opt, value])
+                self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + [name, opt, value])
+
+            # Dual stack is supported by 'cloudfare' and 'freedns' but not 'googledomains'
+            # exception is raised for unsupported ones
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + [name, 'ip-version', ip_version])
+            if details['protocol'] not in ['cloudflare', 'freedns']:
+                with self.assertRaises(ConfigSessionError):
+                    self.cli_commit()
+                self.cli_delete(base_path + svc_path + [name, 'ip-version'])
 
             # commit changes
             self.cli_commit()
 
             # Check the generating config parameters
             ddclient_conf = cmd(f'sudo cat {DDCLIENT_CONF}')
-            self.assertIn(f'usev4=ifv4', ddclient_conf)
-            self.assertIn(f'usev6=ifv6', ddclient_conf)
-            self.assertIn(f'ifv4={interface}', ddclient_conf)
-            self.assertIn(f'ifv6={interface}', ddclient_conf)
+            if details['protocol'] not in ['cloudflare', 'freedns']:
+                self.assertIn(f'usev4=ifv4', ddclient_conf)
+                self.assertIn(f'ifv4={interface}', ddclient_conf)
+            else:
+                self.assertIn(f'usev4=ifv4', ddclient_conf)
+                self.assertIn(f'usev6=ifv6', ddclient_conf)
+                self.assertIn(f'ifv4={interface}', ddclient_conf)
+                self.assertIn(f'ifv6={interface}', ddclient_conf)
             self.assertIn(f'password={password}', ddclient_conf)
 
             for opt in details.keys():
                 if opt == 'username':
                     login = details[opt]
                     self.assertIn(f'login={login}', ddclient_conf)
                 else:
                     tmp = details[opt]
                     self.assertIn(f'{opt}={tmp}', ddclient_conf)
 
     def test_04_dyndns_rfc2136(self):
         # Check if DDNS service can be configured and runs
-        ddns = ['address', interface, 'rfc2136', 'vyos']
-        srv = 'ns1.vyos.io'
-        zone = 'vyos.io'
-        ttl = '300'
+        svc_path = ['address', interface, 'rfc2136', 'vyos']
 
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix='/config/auth/') as key_file:
             key_file.write(b'S3cretKey')
 
-            self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + ['server', srv])
-            self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + ['zone', zone])
-            self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + ['key', key_file.name])
-            self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + ['ttl', ttl])
-            self.cli_set(base_path + ddns + ['host-name', hostname])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['server', server])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['zone', zone])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['key', key_file.name])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['ttl', ttl])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['host-name', hostname])
 
             # commit changes
             self.cli_commit()
 
             # Check some generating config parameters
             ddclient_conf = cmd(f'sudo cat {DDCLIENT_CONF}')
             self.assertIn(f'use=if', ddclient_conf)
             self.assertIn(f'if={interface}', ddclient_conf)
             self.assertIn(f'protocol=nsupdate', ddclient_conf)
-            self.assertIn(f'server={srv}', ddclient_conf)
+            self.assertIn(f'server={server}', ddclient_conf)
             self.assertIn(f'zone={zone}', ddclient_conf)
             self.assertIn(f'password={key_file.name}', ddclient_conf)
             self.assertIn(f'ttl={ttl}', ddclient_conf)
 
+    def test_05_dyndns_hostname(self):
+        # Check if DDNS service can be configured and runs
+        svc_path = ['address', interface, 'service', 'namecheap']
+        proto = 'namecheap'
+        hostnames = ['@', 'www', hostname, f'@.{hostname}']
+
+        for name in hostnames:
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['protocol', proto])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['server', server])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['username', username])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['password', password])
+            self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['host-name', name])
+
+            # commit changes
+            self.cli_commit()
+
+            # Check the generating config parameters
+            ddclient_conf = cmd(f'sudo cat {DDCLIENT_CONF}')
+            self.assertIn(f'protocol={proto}', ddclient_conf)
+            self.assertIn(f'server={server}', ddclient_conf)
+            self.assertIn(f'login={username}', ddclient_conf)
+            self.assertIn(f'password={password}', ddclient_conf)
+            self.assertIn(f'{name}', ddclient_conf)
+
+    def test_06_dyndns_vrf(self):
+        vrf_name = f'vyos-test-{"".join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, k=5))}'
+        svc_path = ['address', interface, 'service', 'cloudflare']
+
+        self.cli_set(['vrf', 'name', vrf_name, 'table', '12345'])
+        self.cli_set(base_path + ['vrf', vrf_name])
+
+        self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['protocol', 'cloudflare'])
+        self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['host-name', hostname])
+        self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['zone', zone])
+        self.cli_set(base_path + svc_path + ['password', password])
+
+        # commit changes
+        self.cli_commit()
+
+        # Check for process in VRF
+        systemd_override = cmd(f'cat {DDCLIENT_SYSTEMD_UNIT}')
+        self.assertIn(f'ExecStart=ip vrf exec {vrf_name} /usr/bin/ddclient -file {DDCLIENT_CONF}',
+                      systemd_override)
+
+        # Check for process in VRF
+        proc = cmd(f'ip vrf pids {vrf_name}')
+        self.assertIn(DDCLIENT_PNAME, proc)
+
+        # Cleanup VRF
+        self.cli_delete(['vrf', 'name', vrf_name])
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main(verbosity=2)
diff --git a/src/completion/list_ddclient_protocols.sh b/src/completion/list_ddclient_protocols.sh
index 75fb0cf44..3b4eff4d6 100755
--- a/src/completion/list_ddclient_protocols.sh
+++ b/src/completion/list_ddclient_protocols.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2023 VyOS maintainers and contributors
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-echo -n $(ddclient -list-protocols)
+echo -n $(ddclient -list-protocols | grep  -vE 'nsupdate|cloudns')
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/dns_dynamic.py b/src/conf_mode/dns_dynamic.py
index 4b1aed742..8a438cf6f 100755
--- a/src/conf_mode/dns_dynamic.py
+++ b/src/conf_mode/dns_dynamic.py
@@ -1,134 +1,148 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2018-2023 VyOS maintainers and contributors
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import os
 
 from sys import exit
 
 from vyos.config import Config
+from vyos.configverify import verify_interface_exists
 from vyos.template import render
 from vyos.utils.process import call
 from vyos import ConfigError
 from vyos import airbag
 airbag.enable()
 
 config_file = r'/run/ddclient/ddclient.conf'
 systemd_override = r'/run/systemd/system/ddclient.service.d/override.conf'
 
 # Protocols that require zone
-zone_allowed = ['cloudflare', 'godaddy', 'hetzner', 'gandi', 'nfsn']
+zone_necessary = ['cloudflare', 'godaddy', 'hetzner', 'gandi', 'nfsn']
 
 # Protocols that do not require username
 username_unnecessary = ['1984', 'cloudflare', 'cloudns', 'duckdns', 'freemyip', 'hetzner', 'keysystems', 'njalla']
 
+# Protocols that support TTL
+ttl_supported = ['cloudflare', 'gandi', 'hetzner', 'dnsexit', 'godaddy', 'nfsn']
+
 # Protocols that support both IPv4 and IPv6
 dualstack_supported = ['cloudflare', 'dyndns2', 'freedns', 'njalla']
 
+# dyndns2 protocol in ddclient honors dual stack for selective servers
+# because of the way it is implemented in ddclient
+dyndns_dualstack_servers = ['members.dyndns.org', 'dynv6.com']
+
 def get_config(config=None):
     if config:
         conf = config
     else:
         conf = Config()
 
-    base_level = ['service', 'dns', 'dynamic']
-    if not conf.exists(base_level):
+    base = ['service', 'dns', 'dynamic']
+    if not conf.exists(base):
         return None
 
-    dyndns = conf.get_config_dict(base_level, key_mangling=('-', '_'),
+    dyndns = conf.get_config_dict(base, key_mangling=('-', '_'),
                                   no_tag_node_value_mangle=True,
                                   get_first_key=True,
                                   with_recursive_defaults=True)
 
     dyndns['config_file'] = config_file
     return dyndns
 
 def verify(dyndns):
     # bail out early - looks like removal from running config
     if not dyndns or 'address' not in dyndns:
         return None
 
     for address in dyndns['address']:
+        # If dyndns address is an interface, ensure it exists
+        if address != 'web':
+            verify_interface_exists(address)
+
         # RFC2136 - configuration validation
         if 'rfc2136' in dyndns['address'][address]:
             for config in dyndns['address'][address]['rfc2136'].values():
                 for field in ['host_name', 'zone', 'server', 'key']:
                     if field not in config:
                         raise ConfigError(f'"{field.replace("_", "-")}" is required for RFC2136 '
                                           f'based Dynamic DNS service on "{address}"')
 
         # Dynamic DNS service provider - configuration validation
         if 'service' in dyndns['address'][address]:
             for service, config in dyndns['address'][address]['service'].items():
                 error_msg = f'is required for Dynamic DNS service "{service}" on "{address}"'
 
                 for field in ['host_name', 'password', 'protocol']:
                     if field not in config:
                         raise ConfigError(f'"{field.replace("_", "-")}" {error_msg}')
 
-                if config['protocol'] in zone_allowed and 'zone' not in config:
-                        raise ConfigError(f'"zone" {error_msg}')
+                if config['protocol'] in zone_necessary and 'zone' not in config:
+                    raise ConfigError(f'"zone" {error_msg}')
+
+                if config['protocol'] not in zone_necessary and 'zone' in config:
+                    raise ConfigError(f'"{config["protocol"]}" does not support "zone"')
 
-                if config['protocol'] not in zone_allowed and 'zone' in config:
-                        raise ConfigError(f'"{config["protocol"]}" does not support "zone"')
+                if config['protocol'] not in username_unnecessary and 'username' not in config:
+                    raise ConfigError(f'"username" {error_msg}')
 
-                if config['protocol'] not in username_unnecessary:
-                    if 'username' not in config:
-                        raise ConfigError(f'"username" {error_msg}')
+                if config['protocol'] not in ttl_supported and 'ttl' in config:
+                    raise ConfigError(f'"{config["protocol"]}" does not support "ttl"')
 
                 if config['ip_version'] == 'both':
                     if config['protocol'] not in dualstack_supported:
                         raise ConfigError(f'"{config["protocol"]}" does not support '
                                           f'both IPv4 and IPv6 at the same time')
                     # dyndns2 protocol in ddclient honors dual stack only for dyn.com (dyndns.org)
-                    if config['protocol'] == 'dyndns2' and 'server' in config and config['server'] != 'members.dyndns.org':
+                    if config['protocol'] == 'dyndns2' and 'server' in config and config['server'] not in dyndns_dualstack_servers:
                         raise ConfigError(f'"{config["protocol"]}" does not support '
                                           f'both IPv4 and IPv6 at the same time for "{config["server"]}"')
 
     return None
 
 def generate(dyndns):
     # bail out early - looks like removal from running config
     if not dyndns or 'address' not in dyndns:
         return None
 
     render(config_file, 'dns-dynamic/ddclient.conf.j2', dyndns, permission=0o600)
     render(systemd_override, 'dns-dynamic/override.conf.j2', dyndns)
     return None
 
 def apply(dyndns):
     systemd_service = 'ddclient.service'
     # Reload systemd manager configuration
     call('systemctl daemon-reload')
 
     # bail out early - looks like removal from running config
     if not dyndns or 'address' not in dyndns:
         call(f'systemctl stop {systemd_service}')
         if os.path.exists(config_file):
             os.unlink(config_file)
     else:
         call(f'systemctl reload-or-restart {systemd_service}')
 
     return None
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     try:
         c = get_config()
         verify(c)
         generate(c)
         apply(c)
     except ConfigError as e:
         print(e)
         exit(1)
diff --git a/src/validators/ddclient-protocol b/src/validators/ddclient-protocol
index 6f927927b..bc6826120 100755
--- a/src/validators/ddclient-protocol
+++ b/src/validators/ddclient-protocol
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2023 VyOS maintainers and contributors
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-ddclient -list-protocols | grep -qw $1
+ddclient -list-protocols | grep -vE 'nsupdate|cloudns' | grep -qw $1
 
 if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
     echo "Error: $1 is not a valid protocol, please choose from the supported list of protocols"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 exit 0