Domain transfer issues

[Mark Andrews]

> I'm trying to execute a domain transfer from a name server running
> bind9 to another server.  When I do this I get the following netstat
> entry:
> tcp        0      0 69.88.67.43:53          202.157.185.115:2983    SYN_RECV
> 
> The secondary name server will retry a number of times, but all will
> hang at SYN_RECV.  I don't have any firewall rules setup, but I'm not
> even sure what information is pertinent to figuring out why this is
> happening.
> 
> System info:
> Linux kerrek 2.6.10 #1 Wed Feb 16 10:10:56 MST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
> BIND 9.2.4
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated.  I just don't know what to do with
> a connection state of SYN_RECV and no log output.
> 
> Shaun Kruger
> 
> 

	Well this indicates that the TCP handshake has not completed.
	Despite what you are saying this looks like a firewall issue.
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