Zonefile Naming Conventions

Jim McAtee jmcatee at mediaodyssey.com
Fri Jul 15 20:21:00 UTC 2005


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Hardy" <hardyjm at potsdam.edu>
To: <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 1:54 PM
Subject: Zonefile Naming Conventions


>I have worked with a number of different Bind configs, and wondered what
> filenaming conventions people have come up with for zone files, or if
> there is any kind of standard.  I have never quite settled on one.  I
> have seen db.example.com, example.com.zone, 192.168.0-rev, etc.
>
> Then there are .bak extensions for slave zones, etc.  Any thoughts?

I run Bind9 on several Windows servers.  It helps to use an extension that 
can be mapped to a text editor, so I use the example.com.zon form for both 
master and slave zones.  It's worked well for the last seven years and 
I've never given a thought to changing it. 



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