what will BIND do if we provide incorrect zone via AXFR?

Mark_Andrews at isc.org Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Fri Sep 5 23:09:53 UTC 2003


> Hello,
> 
> if I made a mistake in a zone and reload BIND, it refuses the zone.
> What will happen, if the same incorrect zone comes from other (non-BIND) DNS
> server via AXFR? will bind refure the zone at all, or will it refuse new
> zone and continue providing old one?

	BIND 8:
	the old zone will nolonger be in memory.  No transfer is possible.

	BIND 9:
	initial load. the zone is not in memory so no transfer is possible.
	reload.  The old zone will continue to be served.
> 
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