(really stupid) Zone file question

[Bill McGonigle]

On Apr 29, 2005, at 10:48, Derek Martin wrote:

> This is an excellent idea for a feature request.  A slave should have
> the ability to contact a master and ask what zones it should slave, so
> that a minimal config can be installed without requiring any
> maintenance...

That's a great idea.  The list of slaveable zones could automatically 
be generated by the server, in the case of bind, from 'allow-transfer' 
lines.  It would save considerable config time and improve 
interoperability (imagine the horrors of getting an rsync script 
working with a Microsoft DNS server).  Done over DNSSEC it should be 
secure enough.  A lame-o approach might even create a magic zone file 
that would be parsable on the other side as containing the list of 
slaveable zones <ducks>.

Of course you want this very optional in the case where you don't 
control the master.

Make it so.

-Bill
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