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<refentry id="man.rndc">
<refentryinfo>
<date>August 15, 2014</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle><application>rndc</application></refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname><application>rndc</application></refname>
<refpurpose>name server control utility</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<docinfo>
<copyright>
<year>2004</year>
<year>2005</year>
<year>2007</year>
<year>2013</year>
<year>2014</year>
<year>2015</year>
<holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
</copyright>
<copyright>
<year>2000</year>
<year>2001</year>
<holder>Internet Software Consortium.</holder>
</copyright>
</docinfo>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>rndc</command>
<arg><option>-b <replaceable class="parameter">source-address</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-c <replaceable class="parameter">config-file</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-k <replaceable class="parameter">key-file</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-s <replaceable class="parameter">server</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-q</option></arg>
<arg><option>-V</option></arg>
<arg><option>-y <replaceable class="parameter">key_id</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg choice="req">command</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para><command>rndc</command>
controls the operation of a name
server. It supersedes the <command>ndc</command> utility
that was provided in old BIND releases. If
<command>rndc</command> is invoked with no command line
options or arguments, it prints a short summary of the
supported commands and the available options and their
arguments.
</para>
<para><command>rndc</command>
communicates with the name server over a TCP connection, sending
commands authenticated with digital signatures. In the current
versions of
<command>rndc</command> and <command>named</command>,
the only supported authentication algorithms are HMAC-MD5
(for compatibility), HMAC-SHA1, HMAC-SHA224, HMAC-SHA256
(default), HMAC-SHA384 and HMAC-SHA512.
They use a shared secret on each end of the connection.
This provides TSIG-style authentication for the command
request and the name server's response. All commands sent
over the channel must be signed by a key_id known to the
server.
</para>
<para><command>rndc</command>
reads a configuration file to
determine how to contact the name server and decide what
algorithm and key it should use.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>OPTIONS</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>-b <replaceable class="parameter">source-address</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Use <replaceable class="parameter">source-address</replaceable>
as the source address for the connection to the server.
Multiple instances are permitted to allow setting of both
the IPv4 and IPv6 source addresses.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-c <replaceable class="parameter">config-file</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Use <replaceable class="parameter">config-file</replaceable>
as the configuration file instead of the default,
<filename>/etc/rndc.conf</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-k <replaceable class="parameter">key-file</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Use <replaceable class="parameter">key-file</replaceable>
as the key file instead of the default,
<filename>/etc/rndc.key</filename>. The key in
<filename>/etc/rndc.key</filename> will be used to
authenticate
commands sent to the server if the <replaceable class="parameter">config-file</replaceable>
does not exist.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-s <replaceable class="parameter">server</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para><replaceable class="parameter">server</replaceable> is
the name or address of the server which matches a
server statement in the configuration file for
<command>rndc</command>. If no server is supplied on the
command line, the host named by the default-server clause
in the options statement of the <command>rndc</command>
configuration file will be used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Send commands to TCP port
<replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable>
instead
of BIND 9's default control channel port, 953.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-q</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Quiet mode: Message text returned by the server
will not be printed except when there is an error.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-V</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Enable verbose logging.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-y <replaceable class="parameter">key_id</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Use the key <replaceable class="parameter">key_id</replaceable>
from the configuration file.
<replaceable class="parameter">key_id</replaceable>
must be
known by named with the same algorithm and secret string
in order for control message validation to succeed.
If no <replaceable class="parameter">key_id</replaceable>
is specified, <command>rndc</command> will first look
for a key clause in the server statement of the server
being used, or if no server statement is present for that
host, then the default-key clause of the options statement.
Note that the configuration file contains shared secrets
which are used to send authenticated control commands
to name servers. It should therefore not have general read
or write access.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>COMMANDS</title>
<para>
A list of commands supported by <command>rndc</command> can
be seen by running <command>rndc</command> without arguments.
</para>
<para>
Currently supported commands are:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>reload</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Reload configuration file and zones.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>reload <replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Reload the given zone.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>refresh <replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Schedule zone maintenance for the given zone.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>retransfer <replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Retransfer the given slave zone from the master server.
</para>
<para>
If the zone is configured to use
<command>inline-signing</command>, the signed
version of the zone is discarded; after the
retransfer of the unsigned version is complete, the
signed version will be regenerated with all new
signatures.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>sign <replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Fetch all DNSSEC keys for the given zone
from the key directory (see the
<command>key-directory</command> option in
the BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual). If they are within
their publication period, merge them into the
zone's DNSKEY RRset. If the DNSKEY RRset
is changed, then the zone is automatically
re-signed with the new key set.
</para>
<para>
This command requires that the
<command>auto-dnssec</command> zone option be set
to <literal>allow</literal> or
<literal>maintain</literal>,
and also requires the zone to be configured to
allow dynamic DNS.
(See "Dynamic Update Policies" in the Administrator
Reference Manual for more details.)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>loadkeys <replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Fetch all DNSSEC keys for the given zone
from the key directory. If they are within
their publication period, merge them into the
zone's DNSKEY RRset. Unlike <command>rndc
sign</command>, however, the zone is not
immediately re-signed by the new keys, but is
allowed to incrementally re-sign over time.
</para>
<para>
This command requires that the
<command>auto-dnssec</command> zone option
be set to <literal>maintain</literal>,
and also requires the zone to be configured to
allow dynamic DNS.
(See "Dynamic Update Policies" in the Administrator
Reference Manual for more details.)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>freeze <optional><replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional></optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Suspend updates to a dynamic zone. If no zone is
specified, then all zones are suspended. This allows
manual edits to be made to a zone normally updated by
dynamic update. It also causes changes in the
journal file to be synced into the master file.
All dynamic update attempts will be refused while
the zone is frozen.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>thaw <optional><replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional></optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Enable updates to a frozen dynamic zone. If no
zone is specified, then all frozen zones are
enabled. This causes the server to reload the zone
from disk, and re-enables dynamic updates after the
load has completed. After a zone is thawed,
dynamic updates will no longer be refused. If
the zone has changed and the
<command>ixfr-from-differences</command> option is
in use, then the journal file will be updated to
reflect changes in the zone. Otherwise, if the
zone has changed, any existing journal file will be
removed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>scan</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Scan the list of available network interfaces
for changes, without performing a full
<command>reconfig</command> or waiting for the
<command>interface-interval</command> timer.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>sync <optional>-clean</optional> <optional><replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional></optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sync changes in the journal file for a dynamic zone
to the master file. If the "-clean" option is
specified, the journal file is also removed. If
no zone is specified, then all zones are synced.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>notify <replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Resend NOTIFY messages for the zone.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>reconfig</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Reload the configuration file and load new zones,
but do not reload existing zone files even if they
have changed.
This is faster than a full <command>reload</command> when there
is a large number of zones because it avoids the need
to examine the
modification times of the zones files.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>zonestatus <optional><replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional></optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Displays the current status of the given zone,
including the master file name and any include
files from which it was loaded, when it was most
recently loaded, the current serial number, the
number of nodes, whether the zone supports
dynamic updates, whether the zone is DNSSEC
signed, whether it uses automatic DNSSEC key
management or inline signing, and the scheduled
refresh or expiry times for the zone.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>stats</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Write server statistics to the statistics file.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>querylog</userinput> <optional>on|off</optional> </term>
<listitem>
<para>
Enable or disable query logging. (For backward
compatibility, this command can also be used without
an argument to toggle query logging on and off.)
</para>
<para>
Query logging can also be enabled
by explicitly directing the <command>queries</command>
<command>category</command> to a
<command>channel</command> in the
<command>logging</command> section of
<filename>named.conf</filename> or by specifying
<command>querylog yes;</command> in the
<command>options</command> section of
<filename>named.conf</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>dumpdb <optional>-all|-cache|-zone</optional> <optional><replaceable>view ...</replaceable></optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Dump the server's caches (default) and/or zones to
the
dump file for the specified views. If no view is
specified, all
views are dumped.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>secroots <optional><replaceable>view ...</replaceable></optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Dump the server's security roots and negative trust anchors
to the secroots file for the specified views. If no view is
specified, all views are dumped.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>stop <optional>-p</optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Stop the server, making sure any recent changes
made through dynamic update or IXFR are first saved to
the master files of the updated zones.
If <option>-p</option> is specified <command>named</command>'s process id is returned.
This allows an external process to determine when <command>named</command>
had completed stopping.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>halt <optional>-p</optional></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Stop the server immediately. Recent changes
made through dynamic update or IXFR are not saved to
the master files, but will be rolled forward from the
journal files when the server is restarted.
If <option>-p</option> is specified <command>named</command>'s process id is returned.
This allows an external process to determine when <command>named</command>
had completed halting.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>trace</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Increment the servers debugging level by one.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>trace <replaceable>level</replaceable></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the server's debugging level to an explicit
value.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>notrace</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the server's debugging level to 0.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>flush</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Flushes the server's cache.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>flushname</userinput> <replaceable>name</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional> </term>
<listitem>
<para>
Flushes the given name from the view's DNS cache
and, if applicable, from the view's nameserver address
database, bad server cache and SERVFAIL cache.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>flushtree</userinput> <replaceable>name</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional> </term>
<listitem>
<para>
Flushes the given name, and all of its subdomains,
from the view's DNS cache, address database,
bad server cache, and SERVFAIL cache.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>status</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Display status of the server.
Note that the number of zones includes the internal <command>bind/CH</command> zone
and the default <command>/IN</command>
hint zone if there is not an
explicit root zone configured.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>recursing</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Dump the list of queries <command>named</command> is currently recursing
on.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>validation ( on | off | check ) <optional><replaceable>view ...</replaceable></optional> </userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Enable, disable, or check the current status of
DNSSEC validation.
Note <command>dnssec-enable</command> also needs to be
set to <userinput>yes</userinput> or
<userinput>auto</userinput> to be effective.
It defaults to enabled.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>nta
<optional>( -d | -f | -r | -l <replaceable>duration</replaceable>)</optional>
<replaceable>domain</replaceable>
<optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional>
</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets a DNSSEC negative trust anchor (NTA)
for <option>domain</option>, with a lifetime of
<option>lifetime</option>. The default lifetime is
configured in <filename>named.conf</filename> via the
<option>nta-lifetime</option> option, and defaults to
one hour. The lifetime cannot exceed one week.
</para>
<para>
A negative trust anchor selectively disables
DNSSEC validation for zones that are known to be
failing because of misconfiguration rather than
an attack. When data to be validated is
at or below an active NTA (and above any other
configured trust anchors), <command>named</command> will
abort the DNSSEC validation process and treat the data as
insecure rather than bogus. This continues until the
NTA's lifetime is elapsed, or until the server is
restarted (NTAs do not persist across restarts).
</para>
<para>
An existing NTA can be removed by using the
<option>-remove</option> option.
</para>
<para>
An NTA's lifetime can be specified with the
<option>-lifetime</option> option. TTL-style
suffixes can be used to specify the lifetime in
seconds, minutes, or hours. If the specified NTA
already exists, its lifetime will be updated to the
new value. Setting <option>lifetime</option> to zero
is equivalent to <option>-remove</option>.
</para>
<para>
If <option>-dump</option> is used, any other arguments
are ignored, and a list of existing NTAs is printed
(note that this may include NTAs that are expired but
have not yet been cleaned up).
</para>
<para>
Normally, <command>named</command> will periodically
test to see whether data below an NTA can now be
validated (see the <option>nta-recheck</option> option
in the Administrator Reference Manual for details).
If data can be validated, then the NTA is regarded as
no longer necessary, and will be allowed to expire
early. The <option>-force</option> overrides this
behavior and forces an NTA to persist for its entire
lifetime, regardless of whether data could be
validated if the NTA were not present.
</para>
<para>
All of these options can be shortened, i.e., to
<option>-l</option>, <option>-r</option>, <option>-d</option>,
and <option>-f</option>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>tsig-list</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
List the names of all TSIG keys currently configured
for use by <command>named</command> in each view. The
list both statically configured keys and dynamic
TKEY-negotiated keys.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>tsig-delete</userinput> <replaceable>keyname</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Delete a given TKEY-negotiated key from the server.
(This does not apply to statically configured TSIG
keys.)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>addzone <replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional> <replaceable>configuration</replaceable> </userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Add a zone while the server is running. This
command requires the
<command>allow-new-zones</command> option to be set
to <userinput>yes</userinput>. The
<replaceable>configuration</replaceable> string
specified on the command line is the zone
configuration text that would ordinarily be
placed in <filename>named.conf</filename>.
</para>
<para>
The configuration is saved in a file called
<filename><replaceable>name</replaceable>.nzf</filename>,
where <replaceable>name</replaceable> is the
name of the view, or if it contains characters
that are incompatible with use as a file name, a
cryptographic hash generated from the name
of the view.
When <command>named</command> is
restarted, the file will be loaded into the view
configuration, so that zones that were added
can persist after a restart.
</para>
<para>
This sample <command>addzone</command> command
would add the zone <literal>example.com</literal>
to the default view:
</para>
<para>
<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>rndc addzone example.com '{ type master; file "example.com.db"; };'</userinput>
</para>
<para>
(Note the brackets and semi-colon around the zone
configuration text.)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>delzone <optional>-clean</optional> <replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional> </userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Delete a zone while the server is running.
</para>
<para>
If the <option>-clean</option> is specified,
the zone's master file (and journal file, if any)
will be deleted along with the zone. Without the
<option>-clean</option> option, zone files must
be cleaned up by hand. (If the zone is of
type "slave" or "stub", the files needing to
be cleaned up will be reported in the output
of the <command>rndc delzone</command> command.)
</para>
<para>
If the zone was originally added via
<command>rndc addzone</command>, then it will be
removed permanently. However, if it was originally
configured in <filename>named.conf</filename>, then
that original configuration is still in place; when
the server is restarted or reconfigured, the zone will
come back. To remove it permanently, it must also be
removed from <filename>named.conf</filename>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>showzone <replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional> </userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Print the configuration of a running zone.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>signing <optional>( -list | -clear <replaceable>keyid/algorithm</replaceable> | -clear <literal>all</literal> | -nsec3param ( <replaceable>parameters</replaceable> | <literal>none</literal> ) | -serial <replaceable>value</replaceable> ) </optional> <replaceable>zone</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional> </userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
List, edit, or remove the DNSSEC signing state records
for the specified zone. The status of ongoing DNSSEC
operations (such as signing or generating
NSEC3 chains) is stored in the zone in the form
of DNS resource records of type
<command>sig-signing-type</command>.
<command>rndc signing -list</command> converts
these records into a human-readable form,
indicating which keys are currently signing
or have finished signing the zone, and which NSEC3
chains are being created or removed.
</para>
<para>
<command>rndc signing -clear</command> can remove
a single key (specified in the same format that
<command>rndc signing -list</command> uses to
display it), or all keys. In either case, only
completed keys are removed; any record indicating
that a key has not yet finished signing the zone
will be retained.
</para>
<para>
<command>rndc signing -nsec3param</command> sets
the NSEC3 parameters for a zone. This is the
only supported mechanism for using NSEC3 with
<command>inline-signing</command> zones.
Parameters are specified in the same format as
an NSEC3PARAM resource record: hash algorithm,
flags, iterations, and salt, in that order.
</para>
<para>
Currently, the only defined value for hash algorithm
is <literal>1</literal>, representing SHA-1.
The <option>flags</option> may be set to
<literal>0</literal> or <literal>1</literal>,
depending on whether you wish to set the opt-out
bit in the NSEC3 chain. <option>iterations</option>
defines the number of additional times to apply
the algorithm when generating an NSEC3 hash. The
<option>salt</option> is a string of data expressed
in hexadecimal, a hyphen (`-') if no salt is
to be used, or the keyword <literal>auto</literal>,
which causes <command>named</command> to generate a
random 64-bit salt.
</para>
<para>
So, for example, to create an NSEC3 chain using
the SHA-1 hash algorithm, no opt-out flag,
10 iterations, and a salt value of "FFFF", use:
<command>rndc signing -nsec3param 1 0 10 FFFF <replaceable>zone</replaceable></command>.
To set the opt-out flag, 15 iterations, and no
salt, use:
<command>rndc signing -nsec3param 1 1 15 - <replaceable>zone</replaceable></command>.
</para>
<para>
<command>rndc signing -nsec3param none</command>
removes an existing NSEC3 chain and replaces it
with NSEC.
</para>
<para>
<command>rndc signing -serial value</command> sets
the serial number of the zone to value. If the value
would cause the serial number to go backwards it will
be rejected. The primary use is to set the serial on
inline signed zones.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>LIMITATIONS</title>
<para>
There is currently no way to provide the shared secret for a
<option>key_id</option> without using the configuration file.
</para>
<para>
Several error messages could be clearer.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para><citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>rndc.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>rndc-confgen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>named</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>named.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>ndc</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>AUTHOR</title>
<para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
</para>
</refsect1>
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