named-xfer style zone transfer utility for BIND 9?

[Kevin Darcy]

Bill Manning wrote:

> % Hi all,
> %
> % Back in BIND 8 days, I found it convenient to run named-xfer
> % manually to transfer new zones we were secondarying (it meant
> % I could test to see if things had been set up correctly at remote
> % primary sites and output the file to a working directory if
> % necessary).
> %
> % Are there any utilities for BIND 9 around to transfer zone
> % files in the same manner? If not, does anyone know if the
> % ISC would object to the sources for named-xfer being released
> % as an optional separate package?
>
>         I just reverted to using DIG.

The Net::DNS Perl module also defines an "axfr" method which we have
found quite useful.


- Kevin