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BIND : DNS Zone Transfer Failures

 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Location of log files : /var/log/syslog and/or /var/log/daemon.log: Internal : /var/named/chroot/var/log/named-debug.log    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ What is Bind ? BIND is an Open source software that enable you to publish your system over the internet  Bind : The service configuration is /etc/named.conf file.

DNS Zone Transfer

 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A zone transfer usually occurs when you bring up a new DNS server as a secondary DNS server . A full transfer of all the zone information will take place in order to replicate the already existing records for that zone. This a time-consuming and resource-intensive process. Thus, incremental DNS transfers were developed.