zone transfers timeout in bind but work via dig

[Barry Margolin]

In article <cjf8ni$cfc$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Mark Jeftovic <markjr at c3po.easydns.com> wrote:

> What is the difference between doing an AXFR or IXFR from the command
> line using dig, and then having bind9 timeout on the refresh when it
> tries to do it in production?

Before named does an AXFR or IXFR request, it queries for the SOA record 
to see if a the serial number has incremented, since a zone transfer 
would not be necessary if the serial number is unchanged.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
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