My zone serial number is messed up!

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> In article <94ile2$b3u at pub3.rc.vix.com>,  <Mark.Andrews at nominum.com> wrote:
> >> Read the section of "DNS & BIND" titled "Starting over with a new serial
> >> number" (except that I've noticed that since BIND 8.2.2, the special case
> >> of 0 doesn't work -- could a BIND developer comment on this?).
> >
> >	zero being special was a bug.
> 
> Great, but it was a useful bug that was documented as a recommended
> procedure in DNS & BIND, which is considered the Bible of DNS.  Was it
> really necessary to fix it?

	Yes.  Because it would require special code to be added and
	supported through the life of BIND 9.
> 
> Our customers mess up their serial numbers all the time (most commonly,
> they accidentally add an extra digit, and when they notice the error they
> remove it, resulting in their serial number backing up, or they install a
> new DNS server and all their serial numbers start back at 1).  It was so
> much nicer when we could tell them "Set your serial number to 0, wait a few
> hours, then set it back."  Now we'll have to tell these people to add a
> huge number, which their calculators probably can't handle.  Would Nominum
> like to send out mod-2^32 calculators to every DNS administrator to make up
> for this?

	I've posted such a calculator numerous times.  You put the current
	and desired serial numbers on the command line and it provides a
	list of serial numbers.

	Mark
> 
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