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Questions tagged [dns-zone]

"A DNS zone is a portion of a domain name space using the Domain Name System (DNS) for which administrative responsibility has been delegated." (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Questions dealt with "zone" deal with administration and configuration of so-called DNS-zones.

Wikipedia explains the two terms:

DNS refers to the Domain Name System, a hierarchical distributed naming system networked entitities such as computers.

A DNS zone is a portion of a domain name space using the DNS for which administrative responsibility has been delegated.

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How to change SOA Record in Godaddy

We have changed our NS records (from Godaddy to AWS) about 48h ago in Godaddy. The NS records have changed, but the SOA record is still pointing the old Godaddy NS. How can i change it? ; SOA Record --> HOW CAN I CHANGE IT? somedomain.com. 3600 …
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DNS zone file for subdomain, query returns host not found 5(REFUSED)

I'm trying to setup subdomains on my DNS server running Yadifa 1.0.2 on Ubuntu 12.10 64bit but can't get it to work. in my yadifad.conf, my zone looks like this type master domain domain.tld. file …
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Overwrite SOA expiry in a bind9 slave name server

I run a slave name server of a domain that I do not have full control over (i.e. changing the SOA is not possibly). The SOA specifies an expiry time of one week. For various reasons, I’d like to override that value on my specific slave server to…
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BIND no longer responds to AXFR Requests

Recently we moved our primary external DNS server. It has three caching DNS slaves in front of it provided by our ISP. They've told us they've started getting access denied requests when doing zone transfers (AXFR). If I add in my own IPs to the…
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How to copy DNS zones from Slicehost to DNSmadeasy

It seems that Slicehost DNS doesn't offer AXFR, but it does have an API. I have about 20 domains in Slicehost DNS and I'd like to automate the export process if possible. I've been trying to figure out how to export the records as zone files, and I…
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Zone file explaination, DNS?

I have a question regardin this Zone file from wikipedia.com " $ORIGIN example.com. ; designates the start of this zone file in the namespace $TTL 1h ; default expiration time of all resource records without their own TTL…
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What to put into the SOA DNS entry field?

question on the below DNS DLZ table from…
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What is the nameserver in soa used for?

Hey can you tell me what the nameserver in the soa record is for? name ttl class rr name-server email-addr (sn ref ret ex min) example.com. IN SOA **ns.example.com** (this nameserver). hostmaster.example.com. ( …
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Erratic DNS name resolution

We have a client we host a web for (blog.foobar.es). We do not manage foobar.es's DNS setup, we just told them to point blog.foobar.es to our web server's IP. We have noticed that sometimes we cannot browse to blog.foobar.es, but we can browse to…
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Nameserver record keeps getting added to DNS zone in Windows Server DNS

I have a public DNS server running on a Windows server with the hostname dc01. A nameserver for this hostname (dc01) keeps getting added to the DNS zone: If I try to delete it, then reload the zone and refresh; the record is immediately…
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DKIM for subdomain in Cloudflare

I have example.com configured cPanel and I do not use it as mail server. I have created new subdomain in Cloudflare called mailer.example.com and installed Virtualmin on new Ubuntu server with hostname as mailer.example.com. I have setup MX record…
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Hosting only a subdomain in Azure dns service

We have a "traditional" dns service, where some outsourcing company manages our dns services. We host a lot of services in the cloud (mostly Azure) and then must submit tickets to the dns guys to create cname -registrations (and sometimes also txt…
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Self-hosted vs outsourced domain name for NS record

my-manageable-zone.com Let's say you have a DNS server with public IP address of 205.251.197.174 and you planned it to be an authoritative zone for my-manageable-zone.com. Basically, you have two options in preparing the DNS server to become a…
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Is DNSSEC useful?

DNSSEC validate and authenticate zone data with the purposeto make sure that whatever DNS results, those are genuine. Even if a DNS resolver validates that an authoritative nameserver has send the right data untampered, how do we prevent the DNS…
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DNS resolver vs NS record TTL

If a zone has 6 NS records When a DNS resolver lookup a domain/zone for an authoritative name server, does it take in all 6 records and cycle through them ? If a resolver use the 1st NS server and cached it according to its TTL - when that…
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