[bit.listserv.ibmtcp-l] DNS and zone xfer

BHOLMES@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU (Brian Holmes) (01/11/90)

I found this in the logs of the IBMTCP-L list.


>>Will Zone Transfer be supported in NAMESRV?
>>
>It is currently supported.  However, some domain name servers have
>recently started requesting a zone transfer on the same tcp connection
>which requested the SOA resource record.  The reason for this change
>is probably to save on overhead.  Multiple queries are permitted.
>However, the format of such queries is not first one query followed
>by another, but to package the two queries together with a single
>header section indicating processing required for two queries.
>
>Mimi Zohar
>IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

>Not knowing the background, I can't comment on the reasons, but
>packaging to queries in one DNS packet, whether carried by UDP or TCP
>is non-standard.  I would recommend against this practice.  It is not
>interoperable with several other implementations.
>
>I am somewhat perplexed by packaging the SOA query with the AXFR
>anyway.  The whole point of the SOA query is to decide whether or not
>you need the AXFR, and you don't know until you get the response.
>
>paul mockapetris

I believe this is where my problem is occuring.  Are there any plans
for changeing the way FAL handles SOA querys followed by AXFR querys?

                        Brian Holmes
                        UCC Operating Systems & Communications

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