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- From: D.Nash@utexas.edu (Donald L. Nash)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
- Subject: Re: Zone X'fer of the root zone
- Message-ID: <86627@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 23:56:36 GMT
- References: <1993Jan19.223905.22319@schbbs.mot.com> <1993Jan20.063325.5722@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>
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- Organization: University of Texas System Office of Telecommunication Services
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- In article <1993Jan20.063325.5722@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>,
- Christopher.Vance@adfa.oz.au (Christopher JS Vance) writes:
- >I don't know why a zone transfer doesn't work, but it doesn't.
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- Zone transfers of the root zones don't work because the root nameservers
- have zone transfers disabled. This is to keep people from transferring
- the huge root and first-level zones and thus overloading the
- already-overworked root nameservers. As it was pointed out, the root
- zone files are available via FTP, and this is how they want you to get them.
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- Donald L. Nash
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- Internet: D.Nash@utexas.edu The University of Texas System
- BITNET: DON@THENIC Office of Telecommunication Services
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