This was a slave server hitting a master. Both were hitting the same master in this case.
Cheers, Todd. -----Original Message----- From: bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Barry Margolin Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:45 PM To: comp-protocols-dns-b...@isc.org Subject: Re: Servers loading zones with lower serials In article <gqaoi6$1j7...@sf1.isc.org>, "Todd Snyder" <tsny...@rim.com> wrote: > Good day, > > I saw some strange behaviour from BIND and am trying to understand it. > > In one of the labs, someone mucked up a DNS change and made the serial > lower than the previous version. > > Some of the nameservers complained: > > Mar 23 15:07:24 ns1001 named[5913]: zone 5.1.10.in-addr.arpa/IN: > serial number (2008030900) received from master 10.1.1.1#53 < ours > (2008062600) > > But some others just went ahead and loaded the zone anyways. Were they masters or slaves? Serial number checking is only done by slaves when checking whether they need to perform a zone transfer from the master. -- Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users --------------------------------------------------------------------- This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential information, privileged material (including material protected by the solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute non-public information. Any use of this information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender and delete this information from your system. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this transmission by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
