Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 18:00:33 -0000 (GMT) From: jhall@vandaliamo.net To: "Tim Utschig" <tim@tetro.net> Cc: jhall@vandaliamo.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BIND zone transfers Message-ID: <1248.12.170.206.13.1139421633.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> In-Reply-To: <20060208164544.GB24684@tetro.net> References: <4822.12.170.206.13.1139402702.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> <20060208164544.GB24684@tetro.net>
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> On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 12:45:02PM -0000, jhall@vandaliamo.net wrote: >> Under FreeBSD 4.8 BIND was making zone transfers normally. In my >> network, >> Windows 2000 is the master and bind is the salve. Recently, the server >> was upgraded to FreeBSD 6.0, and suddenly BIND stopped making zone >> transfers, except for the first zone, which is transferred just as it >> should be. Zone transfers are taking place from a W2K server. I am >> seeing this problem with BIND 9.3.2 and BIND 9.3.1 > > Saw this in the BIND FAQ, maybe it applies to your situation: > > <QUOTE> > Q: Zone transfers from my BIND 9 master to my Windows 2000 slave fail. > Why? > > A: This may be caused by a bug in the Windows 2000 DNS server where DNS > messages larger than 16K are not handled properly. This can be worked > around by setting the option "transfer-format one-answer;". Also > check whether your zone contains domain names with embedded spaces or > other special characters, like "John\032Doe\213s\032Computer", since > such names have been known to cause Windows 2000 slaves to > incorrectly reject the zone. > </QUOTE> > > -- > - Tim Utschig <tim@tetro.net> > I did not properly explain the situation. The Windows 2000 server is functioning as a secondary server for the parent organization's DNS, and I am using BIND to download the zones to the local offices, from the W2K server, to help reduce network traffic. Sorry this was not clear the first time. Jay
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