linegar@bwdls49.bnr.ca (Derick Linegar) (06/14/91)
Question: In setting up a "lab" DNS system that mimics the Internet, we've come to the argument where one sides insist that zone transfers *do not* work for the root domain. Is this true? How does the root servers keep things in sync? Wouldn't it be a waste not to use zone transfers for root and use it everywhere else? -derick- PS: Life's a toilet... -- #include <disclaimer.h> Derick Linegar, Internet Systems 4P27, Bell-Northern Research Internet: LINEGAR@BNR.ca P.O. Box 3511 Station C UUCP: Discontinued, due to lack of credit. Ottawa ONT. K1Y 4H7
barrett@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA (Alan P Barrett) (06/18/91)
In article <linegar.676842236@bwdls49>, linegar@bwdls49.bnr.ca (Derick Linegar) writes: > In setting up a "lab" DNS system that mimics the Internet, > we've come to the argument where one sides insist that > zone transfers *do not* work for the root domain. Is this > true? How does the root servers keep things in sync? Wouldn't > it be a waste not to use zone transfers for root and use it > everywhere else? Among Berkeley bind 4.8.1's problems is that it makes a total mess of root zone transfers. I hear that bind 4.8.3 has the same problem with root zones, but I haven't seen the code myself. (I guess the real root servers don't run Berkeley bind?) Shout if you want my patches to bind 4.8.1 to make it do root zone transfers correctly. --apb Alan Barrett, Dept. of Electronic Eng., Univ. of Natal, Durban, South Africa RFC822: barrett@ee.und.ac.za Bang: m2xenix!quagga!undeed!barrett
andy@calvin.VF.GE.COM (Andy Hazeltine) (06/22/91)
In article <1991Jun17.220952.1807@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA>, barrett@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA (Alan P Barrett) writes: |> In article <linegar.676842236@bwdls49>, |> linegar@bwdls49.bnr.ca (Derick Linegar) writes: |> > In setting up a "lab" DNS system that mimics the Internet, |> > we've come to the argument where one sides insist that |> > zone transfers *do not* work for the root domain. Is this |> > true? How does the root servers keep things in sync? Wouldn't |> > it be a waste not to use zone transfers for root and use it |> > everywhere else? |> |> Among Berkeley bind 4.8.1's problems is that it makes a total mess of |> root zone transfers. I hear that bind 4.8.3 has the same problem with |> root zones, but I haven't seen the code myself. (I guess the real root |> servers don't run Berkeley bind?) |> Bind 4.8.3 does have the same problem. I have taken Alan Barrett's patches for 4.8.1 and adapted them to work for plain 4.8.3. They don't work, however, with Don Lewis's patches to detect and log lame delegations, etc. I am using bind 4.8.3 with my patches successfully to run a set of name servers for our internal network which does not directly connect to the Internet. -- Andy Hazeltine, GE Aerospace Information Technology, Valley Forge, PA andy@ge-dab.ge.com