Zone transfers from Win2K AD-DNS to BIND

phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Wed Dec 24 09:48:35 UTC 2003


dlimanov at sct.com wrote:

> If FILE option is the option we've got, anyone knows what format does
> the actual file need to be? Is there a template I could use to see the
> layout of the data?
> I would then be able to script an export from AD-DNS and format the
> output to be used in BIND..
> Thanks,

> Dimitri

The format is in "the rfc"'s, a slave zone transfer. And 
w2k can do this, all that is needed is in the bind config :


zone <whatever> {
	type slave;
	masters { <ip-of-w2k>};
	file "<name-of-local-copy>";
};





>> Dimitri
( some extra lines removed for clarity )
> A bind nameserver runnimg as slave has an OPTIONAL statement "file",
> this file is used to keep a copy of the transferred zone. It's
> only used when the slave is restarted ( as authority data until
> a zonetransfer has been done or deemed unneded).

> So the admin seems wrong.

> Your problems are large however. You seem to opt for a
> dns-space isolated from Internet, and this can only be
> done good is all nameservers see the same universe.

> There is some of your options discussed in "Managing DNS and bind"
> from o'reilly.




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