changing any dns server attribute bumps SOA serial

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Tue Jul 20 22:06:25 UTC 2004


Jeff Stevens wrote:

>I don't know the history here, but I am told the BIND 4 servers did not bump 
>the serial when the zone attributes changed but only when the zone data 
>changed, and I have a customer that is not happy his BIND 8 servers do zone 
>transfers when he updates the attributes (no zone data changes).
>
>What is the reason for the SOA now incrementing, so that I can respond to this?
>
What do you mean by "zone attributes"? SOA values? The SOA is a record 
in the zone, so if it changes, the SOA *should* be bumped, since the 
zone as a whole has changed. If BIND 4 didn't do this, then it was a bug.

- Kevin




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