[Linux] Zone Transfers

[Nick Seidenman]

On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, all tech wrote:

> > Ok ... I *think* I have our master DNS server setup properly.  I
> need to allow our sub-divisions to perform zone transfers from the
> master DNS to the local linux boxes.  Currently, the master DNS is
> still on AIX so is there anything I'll need to check to get these
> started?
> 
> As long as your children are set up correctly as masters for their
> zones and they are referenced and setup correctly in your parent
> (AIX), then you should not have a problem performing zone transfers.
> Always good to see ya! :)

Remember to allow 53/tcp connections through or to your f/w (depending on
where your server is sitting) and to set allow-transfer so that authorized
hosts can connect to the nameserver to do the zone transfers.

nick

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