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- From: hunen@brc.medtronic.com (Roger Hunen)
- Subject: Re: Zone X'fer of the root zone
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- References: <1993Jan19.223905.22319@schbbs.mot.com> <1993Jan20.063325.5722@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 11:44:18 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.063325.5722@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au> Christopher.Vance@adfa.oz.au (Christopher JS Vance) writes:
- >From: Christopher.Vance@adfa.oz.au (Christopher JS Vance)
- >Subject: Re: Zone X'fer of the root zone
- >Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 06:33:25 GMT
- >In article <1993Jan19.223905.22319@schbbs.mot.com> mshah@next3.corp.mot.com writes:
- >| Is there a utility that I could use to do zone x'fer of the root zone. I
- >| tried DIG but it did not work. I also tried named-xfer but that did not
- >| work either. Any pointers ???
- >
- >You need to use ftp to get domain/root.zone from nic.ddn.mil.
- >
- >I don't know why a zone transfer doesn't work, but it doesn't. I also
- >wish it did, but don't know how hard it is to fix. (Like, is it just
- >BIND, or is it a problem with the way zone cuts are defined?)
-
- Maybe root-zone transfers are restricted to secondary root servers? Just a
- long shot...
-
- Regards,
- -Roger
- (I speak for myself)
-