extracting data from bind8

[Kevin Darcy]

Dump your database with "ndc dumpdb" or an INT signal to the "named" process.
This should create a dump file called "named_dump.db" in the nameserver's
working directory. Look in the dump for a NS record referring to the server in
question.


- Kevin

dbt at meat.net wrote:

> While going through firewall logs, I found a bunch of machines
> trying to hit a machine that's only an internal nameserver.  None
> of our zones reference it in any way as far as I can tell,  but
> even my home machine is showing up in logs.  Is there any way I can
> coerce bind8 on my home machine to tell me what if anything it was
> trying to resolve against this other nameserver?
>
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