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To use a previously created key, leave the Key ID eld blank and select the le where
it is stored under Filename. After that, conrm with Add.
15.3.2.7 DNS Zones (Adding a Slave Zone)
To add a slave zone, select DNS Zones, choose the zone type Slave, write the name of
the new zone, and click Add.
In the Zone Editor sub-dialog under Master DNS Server IP, specify the master from
which the slave should pull its data. To limit access to the server, select one of the ACLs
from the list.
15.3.2.8 DNS Zones (Adding a Master Zone)
To add a master zone, select DNS Zones, choose the zone type Master, write the name
of the new zone, and click Add. When adding a master zone, a reverse zone is also
needed. For example, when adding the zone example.com that points to hosts in a
subnet 192.168.1.0/24, you should also add a reverse zone for the IP-address
range covered. By denition, this should be named 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.
15.3.2.9 DNS Zones (Editing a Master Zone)
To edit a master zone, select DNS Zones, select the master zone from the table, and
click Edit. The dialog consists of several pages: Basics (the one opened rst), NS
Records, MX Records, SOA, and Records.
The basic dialog, shown in Figure 15.5, “DNS Server: Zone Editor (Basics)” (page 295),
lets you dene settings for dynamic DNS and access options for zone transfers to clients
and slave name servers. To permit the dynamic updating of zones, select Allow Dynamic
Updates as well as the corresponding TSIG key. The key must have been dened before
the update action starts. To enable zone transfers, select the corresponding ACLs. ACLs
must have been dened already.
In the Basics dialog, select whether to enable zone transfers. Use the listed ACLs to
dene who can download zones.
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