Practices (4) Set up a secondary server for your zone: ns2.soiN.jinmei.org find your partner configure your server as a secondary for your partner's zone ask your parter for the same thing for your zone See what happens restart the server, and watch log messages or wire dump confirm the secondary server has the valid copy with dig modify your master zone file, and reload the server watch what happens what if you specify 'notify no' in your master server configuration? what if you don't allow zone transfer and the 'expire' period has passed? allow-transfer {none;}; use IPv6 for zone transfer