On 8 Jul 1997, Chris Brown wrote: : : I need to determine weather my ISP is actually being secondary :to my primary DNS. After looking at my log files I found entries :like this. : :Jul 7 23:24:06 oak named[451]: approved AXFR from [204.176.14.4].4231 for "seitz.com" : :I gather that this says that 204.176.14.4 retrieved the records :for "seitz.com". Is there any other means of determining weather :their DNS is acting as secondary?
Sure. Use nslookup in interactive mode. First, do a 'set q=soa', and then query for 'seitz.com'. The IP address of the secondary (204.176.14.4) shpould be listed as one of the authoritative nameservers. Next, issue a 'server 204.176.14.4', which will make that server the server to be queried. Then do an 'ls -t a seitz.com', which will list every entry for seitz.com that the server knows about. If you try that command on a server that's not authoritative for the domain, it'll chuck a fit. You *should* end up with a listing that corresponds to all the hosts in your domain. If you don't, the data isn't being transferred for some reason ... probably a bad serial number. -- Nathan Norman : Hostmaster CFNI : [EMAIL PROTECTED] finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key and other stuff Key fingerprint = CE 03 10 AF 32 81 18 58 9D 32 C2 AB 93 6D C4 72 -- : : : ********************************************************************* : Chris Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] !!! HELP FIGHT SPAM !!! : : Join; www.cauce.org See; spam.abuse.net, spamsucks.com, www.cm.org : : It may help to tell [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phillip Lawlor), president of : AGIS.NET, the only first tier ISP that allows and SUPPORTS spammers : on the Internet, what you think of spam. : ********************************************************************* : : : :-- :TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to :[EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? :e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . : -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .