Warren Kumari writes:
>
> i *seem* to remember something happening with .de a few years back --
> IIRC, slaves did a zone transfer, ran out of disk and truncated the
> file, and so only had a partial zone file to serve - something like
> 2/3ds of the .de zone "disappeared". A zone checksum would allow the
> nameserver to know that they do not have a full zone file.
>
> My memory is hazy, because I would have expected the AXFR to fail and
> the nameserver to just continue using the old zone. Perhaps there was
> some other transfer mechanism and it involves restaring the
> nameserver? I'm sure someone must remember more detail on this event.
It was more complicated then just a full disk and a corrupt AXFR.
It has also to do with moving to new server hardware and the old
servers interfering. I too forgot the details, but Peter Koch might
jump in here.
jaap
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