Yes it does. I guess all name servers offer a command to force a transfer of the zone without checking the serial. The ones I use support that:
Bind: rndc retransfer <zone> NSD: nsd-control force_transfer <zone> PowerDNS: pdns_control retrieve <zone> Knot: knotc zone-retransfer <zone> regards Klaus > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: bind-users <bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org> Im Auftrag von John > Thurston > Gesendet: Freitag, 17. Februar 2023 21:43 > An: bind-users@lists.isc.org > Betreff: Re: Simplistic serial number roll back > > Agreed. > > > I'm not considering rolling back to old zone data, but considering > changing the algorithm used to generate the serial number for new zone > data. The new algorithm would result in the new data being published > with serial numbers which would be ignored as being "older" if they were > generated with the old algorithm. But I feel like we've wandered off the > path. > > > My question is seeking clarification of the behavior of "rndc > retransfer" - does this command perform the transfer, regardless of what > serial number it has or finds? > > > > > > -- > Do things because you should, not just because you can. > > John Thurston 907-465-8591 > john.thurs...@alaska.gov <mailto:john.thurs...@alaska.gov> > Department of Administration > State of Alaska > On 2/17/2023 10:46 AM, Ondřej Surý wrote: > > > Well, the serial number arithmetics is there for a reason - you > usually don’t want to rollback to previous version of the zone - you can > have multiple primaries with different serial numbers. -- Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
