From b28209aac3788be3ee0c530cf43c75edf7db73fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Doug Barton Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:59:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about AXFR of important zones being available from ICANN --- etc/namedb/named.conf | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/namedb/named.conf b/etc/namedb/named.conf index 8b9ffe726bd1..27c30aed1cf3 100644 --- a/etc/namedb/named.conf +++ b/etc/namedb/named.conf @@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ zone "." { type hint; file "/etc/namedb/named.root"; }; To use this mechanism, uncomment the entries below, and comment the hint zone above. + + As documented at http://dns.icann.org/services/axfr/ these zones: + "." (the root), ARPA, IN-ADDR.ARPA, IP6.ARPA, and ROOT-SERVERS.NET + are availble for AXFR from these servers on IPv4 and IPv6: + xfr.lax.dns.icann.org, xfr.cjr.dns.icann.org */ /* zone "." {