What purpose, if any, do non-authoritative DNS zone files serve?
Hi,
As per the title: what purpose, if any, do non-authoritative DNS zone files serve? If the answer is "none", then IMHO it should be a standard feature of WHM to identify non-authoritative DNS files and offer them up for deletion.
Thanks for your feedback on this,
Ross
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Hello :) There are no native options in cPanel that will prevent the creation or allow for the automatic detection/removal of a DNS Zone when the server is non-authoritative. One reason is so the zone will exist if a customer chooses to use the cPanel server as the authoritative DNS server. The best way to see this type of functionality is to open a feature request: Submit A Feature Request Thank you. 0 -
[quote="cPanelMichael, post: 1715751">Hello :) There are no native options in cPanel that will prevent the creation or allow for the automatic detection/removal of a DNS Zone when the server is non-authoritative. One reason is so the zone will exist if a customer chooses to use the cPanel server as the authoritative DNS server. The best way to see this type of functionality is to open a feature request: Submit A Feature Request Thank you.
Thanks for that. I've opened a feature request here: [url=http://features.cpanel.net/responses/auto-detection-and-deletion-or-suspension-of-non-authoritative-dns-zone-files]Login Form | cPanel Feature Requests I accept/agree that some sort of auto-deletion policy for non-authoritative DNS zone files is a bit harsh/risky, but at a bare minimum I think a sensible approach is to either 1. Much more clearly highlight to a WHM admin where a zone files is not authoritative, and/or 2. Auto suspend/disable such zone files so that they're not permitted to be active and appear as authoritative to the local server (and potentially cause the server to be given incorrect information).0
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