Viewing DNS Caching server's cache under Bind 9

[Joe Kattner]

BIND 9 uses rndc for control. 'rndc dumpdb' dumps the cache to
named_dump.db.

--Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh [mailto:thechile at beeb.net]
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 6:26 PM
To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
Subject: Viewing DNS Caching server's cache under Bind 9


Hi,

I have a simple caching server that i think is working ok but i would like
to see its current cache db in memory. I have seen people say use "ndc
named_dump.db" or something like that but i can't find ndc in my bind 9
installation so i was wondering if there is a new/different way of doing
this.

Thanks for reading,
Josh


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From: James Raftery <james-bind-users at now.ie>
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Subject: DNS header format for Query requests
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Hi,

I'm trying to diagnose a problem with a piece of equipment that
seems to be sending badly formed DNS queries. I need to get an accurate
description of the Header format for a Query request but the maze
of RFCs is melting my brain.

Is the Header format in RFC1035 still correct and complete for
Opcode 0 (Query) requests? I know it's been amended for other Opcodes, 
Update for instance.

Specifically tcpdump is seeing Headers with the fourth byte set to
0x40: which mean the first ``Z'' bit is set. Have any of the Z bits
been defined for Query requests?


Thanks,
james
-- 
James Raftery (JBR54)
  "It's somewhere in the Red Hat district"  --  A network engineer's
   freudian slip when talking about Amsterdam's nightlife at RIPE 38.

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