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- <date>December 1, 2010</date>
+ <date>December 15, 2011</date>
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<refmeta>
<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>The <command>b10-xfrout</command> daemon provides the BIND 10
- outgoing DNS zone transfer service.
+ outgoing DNS zone transfer service using AXFR or IXFR.
It is also used to send outgoing NOTIFY messages.
Normally it is started by the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>bind10</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
process?, and then the socket and xfr request is sent to xfrout.
-->
+<!-- TODO: IXFR from differences, DDNS, UDP socket passing -->
<note><simpara>
- This development prototype release only supports AXFR.
- IXFR is not implemented.
+ Currently IXFR only works if it gets the zone via
+ <command>b10-xfrin</command> and only on TCP.
</simpara></note>
<para>
-<!-- TODO: does it really use msgq? what for? -->
This daemon communicates with BIND 10 over a
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>b10-msgq</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
C-Channel connection. If this connection is not established,
<para>
<varname>tsig_key_ring</varname>
A list of TSIG keys (each of which is in the form of
- name:base64-key[:algorithm]) used for access control on transfer
- requests.
+ <replaceable>name:base64-key[:algorithm]</replaceable>)
+ used for access control on transfer requests.
The default is an empty list.
</para>
<para>
<varname>transfer_acl</varname>
A list of ACL elements that apply to all transfer requests by
- default (unless overridden in zone_config). See the BIND 10
- guide for configuration examples.
+ default (unless overridden in <varname>zone_config</varname>).
+ See the <citetitle>BIND 10 Guide</citetitle> for configuration examples.
The default is an element that allows any transfer requests.
</para>
<para>
name of the zone), "class" (the RR class of the zone, optional,
default to "IN"), and "acl_element" (ACL only applicable to
transfer requests for that zone).
- See the BIND 10 guide for configuration examples.
+ See the <citetitle>BIND 10 Guide</citetitle> for configuration examples.
The default is an empty list, that is, no zone specific configuration.
</para>
<para>