Viewing Zone Information

You can view the zone configuration file and the SOA settings for a zone.

To view zone information:

1. In the shortcuts section of the Home page , click Zones (DNS section).
   

   To get to the home page, click Home on the navigation bar at left.

2. In the Reseller Zone List form, locate the zone for which you want to view details, and in the Actions column, click . The configuration file for the zone is displayed.
   • Zone Configuration. The configuration information for the zone.
     • Type. The type of zone - master, slave, or forward.
     • File. The name of the file where the zone information is saved for retrieval at any time.
     • Allow-update. Specifies the transaction signature (TSIG) key that is used by the name server to authenticate updates from external servers.
     • Allow-transfer. Specifies the host names of the servers that can receive zone transfers from the server.
   • SOA Configuration. The SOA settings for the zone.
     

     The SOA settings are as follows:

     • Name Server (Listed only for zone-specific SOA). The name of the server on which the zone resides.
     • Administrator Email. The email address of the administrator responsible for the master DNS name server.
     • Refresh interval. The frequency (how often), in seconds, the slave name server checks with the master name server for updated lookup information.
     • Retry interval. The frequency (how long), in seconds, a slave server must wait before retrying a failed zone transfer from the master name server. Normally, the retry interval is shorter than the refresh interval.
     • Expire interval. The upper limit, in seconds, that a slave name server can use the lookup data it currently has before the data expires.
     • Minimum Time To Live. The length of time, in seconds, the slave name server can cache data.