AXFR and IXFR

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> Has anybody got this working yet?  I have just finished installing
> 8.2.1-T4B on three testbed machines.  The log says sending AXFR transfer
> but nothing ever happens.  BIND generates the ixfr-base file's itself
> correct?  I simply told it where I wnted it to put them, but it never
> generated any ixfr related files.
> 
> 
>                                        Stephen Anderson
>                                      <stephena at HiWAAY.net>

	Named only generates ixfr as the result of dynamic updates.

	While named-xfer can transfer these there is no code in named
	at the moment to tell named-xfer to actually perform a ixfr
	query.

	There are further ixfr changes due in the next BETA.

	Mark

> 
> On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Joseph S D Yao wrote:
> 
> > Stephen Anderson pleaded:
> > > Can anybody tell me if IXFR is working in any of the BIND releases?  The
> > > testing releases?  Thanks!
> > 
> > Per bind-announce:
> > > To: bind-announce at isc.org
> > > Subject: BIND 8.2.1 T4B (RC1) available for public testing
> > > Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 21:26:12 -0700
> > > From: Paul A Vixie <vixie at mibh.net>
> > > 
> > > This is a release candidate.  (It is running on F.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG.)
> > > 
> > > Highlights vs. BIND 8.2:
> > > 
> > >         Bug fixes, especially to DNSSEC, TSIG, IXFR, and selective forwar
> ding.
> > ...
> > > the distribution files are:
> > > 
> > > ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/testing/t4b/bind-src.tar.gz
> > > ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/testing/t4b/bind-doc.tar.gz
> > > ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/testing/t4b/bind-contrib.tar.gz
> > > 
> > > the pgp signature files are:
> > > 
> > > ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/testing/t4b/bind-src.tar.gz.asc
> > > ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/testing/t4b/bind-doc.tar.gz.asc
> > > ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/testing/t4b/bind-contrib.tar.gz.asc
> > > 
> > > the md5 checksums are:
> > > 
> > > 9d907ed7a5294a1411891830660a387f bind-contrib.tar.gz
> > > 5fd87b3e2682e9193c7b63ffb64e90a7 bind-contrib.tar.gz.asc
> > > 1cb6e8369eb4d09f1f07ed9a3d6201cd bind-doc.tar.gz
> > > 5bdc9a10bfd54c0127ed8d66047cd47c bind-doc.tar.gz.asc
> > > 466d03fdd1311b5c8a5970297a4a2121 bind-src.tar.gz
> > > 72868a4d01e5604220f8c969e62b3ac2 bind-src.tar.gz.asc
> > > 
> > > top of CHANGES says:
> > > 
> > > 	--- 8.2.1-t4b (RC1) released ---
> > ...
> > >         --- 8.2.1-t3b released ---
> > ...
> > >         --- 8.2.1-t2b released ---
> > ...
> > >  655.   [bug]           major overhaul of IXFR code.
> > ...
> > >         --- 8.2.1-t1a released ---
> > ...
> > >  588.   [bug]           too many lame servers at once was fatal.
> > > 
> > >         --- 8.2 released ---
> > > ...
> > 
> > --
> > Joe Yao				jsdy at cospo.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
> > COSPO/OSIS Computer Support					EMT-B
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> > 
> 
> 
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