Re: How to identify a raw zone file
I'd recommend checking the next four octets as well; they'll be 00 00 00 00 or 00 00 00 01. I've hacked up a magic(5) file which seems to work for me: $ file * inline.aa:BIND raw format zone file v9.9 inline.aa.jnl:BIND journal file v9 inline.aa.signed: BIND raw format zone file v9.9 inline.aa.signed.jnl: BIND journal file v9 I'm attaching the file I dropped into /usr/share/file/magic/ -JP #-- # bind: file(1) magic for BIND zone file binary formats # # By JP Mens from information given by Evan Hunt # I've looked at a few of them, and I noticed that all the ones I've seen # start with the four-octet string 00 00 00 02. Is that sufficient? # # I'd recommend checking the next four octets as well; they'll be 00 00 00 00 # or 00 00 00 01. The first of those is the format that's always been used # up to now; the second is the format that will be used in 9.9.0, starting # with the next beta. # 0 belong 0x BIND raw format zone file 4 belong 0x v9.9 4 belong 0x0001 = v9.9 0 string ;BIND\ LOG\ V9 BIND journal file v9 ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: How to identify a raw zone file
Evan Hunt e...@isc.org wrote: I'd recommend checking the next four octets as well; they'll be 00 00 00 00 or 00 00 00 01. The first of those is the format that's always been used up to now; the second is the format that will be used in 9.9.0, starting with the next beta. Would it be possible for bind to auto-detect the format? Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch d...@dotat.at http://dotat.at/ Biscay: North or northwest, backing west, 5 to 7. Rough or very rough. Rain or showers. Moderate or good. ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: How to identify a raw zone file
On Dec 1 2011, Evan Hunt wrote: I've looked at a few of them, and I noticed that all the ones I've seen start with the four-octet string 00 00 00 02. Is that sufficient? I'd recommend checking the next four octets as well; they'll be 00 00 00 00 or 00 00 00 01. The first of those is the format that's always been used up to now; the second is the format that will be used in 9.9.0, starting with the next beta. Ho hum... does this mean that if one has been running a 9.9.0b(next) or later and let it generate master files in the new raw format (e.g. as a result of dynamic updates), then one would have a problem backing off to earlier BIND versions? -- Chris Thompson Email: c...@cam.ac.uk ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: How to identify a raw zone file
Ho hum... does this mean that if one has been running a 9.9.0b(next) or later and let it generate master files in the new raw format (e.g. as a result of dynamic updates), then one would have a problem backing off to earlier BIND versions? Yes, but named-compilezone can convert back to the older version. (Thanks for reminding me of that scenario, we'll need to mention it in the release notes.) -- Evan Hunt -- e...@isc.org Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
How to identify a raw zone file
With the pending release of BIND 9.9.0, and the beta testing my company is currently doing, we've realized we need a good way to detect zone file type and convert it. Is there any simple way to look at a file and quickly determine whether or not it's a BIND raw format zonefile, as opposed to a text format zonefile? I've looked at a few of them, and I noticed that all the ones I've seen start with the four-octet string 00 00 00 02. Is that sufficient? Mark Pettit Yahoo!, Inc. pet...@yahoo-inc.com ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: How to identify a raw zone file
I've looked at a few of them, and I noticed that all the ones I've seen start with the four-octet string 00 00 00 02. Is that sufficient? I'd recommend checking the next four octets as well; they'll be 00 00 00 00 or 00 00 00 01. The first of those is the format that's always been used up to now; the second is the format that will be used in 9.9.0, starting with the next beta. -- Evan Hunt -- e...@isc.org Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
