how to check if a slave zone is expired

2011-05-03 Thread hugo hugoo
Dear all, Is there a way to check that a slave zone is expired? I use dig in the following way to see that the zone is not responding on my server...but is this due to the fact that the zone is expired or another problem? dnszone002:/etc/bind/zones/slave# dig @localhost omega-pharma.be soa

Re: forward first: iterative or recursive query

2011-05-03 Thread Chris Buxton
With a static-stub zone, you would get an iterative query. Forwarding always results in a recursive query. How are you determining that your server is sending an iterative query? Can we (the list) see your named.conf? Regards, Chris Buxton BlueCat Networks On May 3, 2011, at 5:21 AM, wrote:

Re: does authority named require the external name servers?

2011-05-03 Thread Kevin Darcy
On 5/2/2011 9:50 PM, Jeff Pang wrote: 2011/5/3 Jeff Pang: 2011/5/3 Chris Thompson: It will need to know the addresses of ns1.def.com& ns2.def.com to send them NOTIFY packets when the zone is updated (unless that has been suppressed). But it gets those by (if necessary) recursive lookups based

RE: minimal-responses yes; to prevent downstream MS DNS server following DNS delegations

2011-05-03 Thread Spain, Dr. Jeffry A.
In the Windows DNS Manager, open the Properties page of the applicable DNS server. On the Forwarders tab, click Edit and enter the IP address(es) of the BIND server(s) to which you want the Windows DNS server to forward queries. Click OK, and now back on the Forwarders tab, uncheck "Use root hin

forward first: iterative or recursive query

2011-05-03 Thread iharrathi.ext
Hi from the book DNS and Bind 5th edition [french] (o'reilly) I read that the forward with the mode first sends a recursive query to the servers on the forwarders list, but as i see it only sends an iterative query. Also with forward only it send an itérative query. So forward first send an itéra

minimal-responses yes; to prevent downstream MS DNS server following DNS delegations

2011-05-03 Thread Sven Emil Skretteberg
Greetings A customer have a security policy based on a zoned network model which deny DNS servers in the internal network zone to communicate directly with DNS servers outside the internal network zone. Only exception is the defined central DNS servers. In the internal network zone we have intern