nsd-xfer (8) Linux Manual Page

nsd-xfer – AXFR client to transfer zones from a name server

Synopsis

nsd-xfer [-4] [-6] [-a address[@port]] [-p port] [-s serial] [-T tsiginfo] [-v] -z zone -f file servers

Description

Nsd-xfer is program to transfer zones from a name server using AXFR. NSD is a complete implementation of an authoritative DNS nameserver.

Options

-4

Only send to IPv4 addresses.

-6

Only send to IPv6 addresses.

-a address[@port]

Specify the source address (and port) to send from.

-f file

The file to store the zone in.

-p port

Specify the port to send to.

-s serial

Specify the serial of the current zone. The zone is only transferred if the master server has a zone with a greater serial number.

-T tsiginfo

Use TSIG to verify the zone transfer. The tsiginfo file must contain the TSIG key information. The file is removed upon successful reading of the key.

-v

Be more verbose.

-z zone

Specify the zone to receive.

servers

List of nameservers to try.

Examples

To run this program the standard way type:

# nsd-xfer -z foobar.cz -f foobar.cz.zone 1.2.3.4

See Also

nsd(8), nsdc(8), nsd.conf(5), nsd-checkconf(8), nsd-notify(8), nsd-patch(8), zonec(8)

Authors

NSD was written by NLnet Labs and RIPE NCC joint team. Please see CREDITS file in the distribution for further details.