How To Disable Zone Transfers (AXFR): Bind

Introduction

Zone transfers are disabled by default on cPanel servers. The following procedure provides the steps needed to disable AXFR transfers if enabled.

Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or "Terminal" in WHM.
Open the /etc/named.conf file in your preferred text editor.
Locate the options section.
Change the allow-transfer value to "none".
```
  allow-transfer   { "none"; };
```
Please note that there may be allow-transfer entries in the zone or view sections, which also need to be set to "none".
Save the changes and exit the text editor.
Rebuild the DNS configuration
```
/scripts/rebuilddnsconfig
```
Restart the Bind service.
```
/scripts/restartsrv_named
```