The decision to refuse zone transfer requests was in fact deliberate, as described here: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b30bf55d5c9942f15f27a641c2c34bbb646ec981. Therefore, I think "Won't Fix" is the appropriate resolution here.
** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1854976 Title: systemd-resolved doesn't work with "host -l" / AXFR queries Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Hello, some time ago network-manager in Ubuntu switched from dnsmasq to systemd-resolved. When network-manager used dnsmasq to handle DNS, one could use "host -l" to list all the hosts in a DNS zone, something like this: $ host -l mydomain.lan mydomain.lan name server mydns.mydomain.lan host1.mydomain.lan has address x.x.x.x host2.mydomain.lan has address x.x.x.x host3.mydomain.lan has address x.x.x.x host4.mydomain.lan has address x.x.x.x [...] That, unfortunately, no longer works since the switch to systemd-resolved, it always fails like this: $ host -l mydomain.lan Host mydomain.lan not found: 4(NOTIMP) ; Transfer failed. And I think that's because systemd-resolved is "filtering" the AXFR queries issued by "host -l" (I checked the network traffic with tcdump and that "NOTIMP" comes from the loopback interface). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1854976/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp