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List:       netbsd-tech-net
Subject:    Re: DNS question
From:       "Charles M. Hannum" <abuse () ihack ! net>
Date:       2001-03-30 11:15:09
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 01:05:29PM +0200, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> 
> Mar 30 12:57:00 beaver named[102]: Sent NOTIFY for "zhadum.de IN SOA 2001033000" \
>                 (zhadum.de); 1 NS, 1 A
> Mar 30 12:57:00 beaver named[102]: Received NOTIFY answer (!AA) from 194.231.40.24 \
>                 for "zhadum.de IN SOA"
> Mar 30 12:57:00 beaver named[102]: approved AXFR from [194.231.40.24].61443 for \
>                 "zhadum.de"
> Mar 30 12:57:00 beaver named[102]: zone transfer (AXFR) of "zhadum.de" (IN) to \
> [194.231.40.24].61443 
> So basically it looks good - 194.231.40.24 is the secondary - but I wonder
> what the "Received NOTIFY answer (!AA)" line means.

It means the secondary recognized it wasn't up to date.  If it said
`AA', that would mean the opposite.  NOTIFY acts a bit like a recursive
query; the remote side always generates a response.


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