General

The zone page navigation subsection contains the following functions:

Add resource record

After choosing a resource record type you will be transferred to a page where you need to insert the necessary information for the selected record.

The available resource records are:

• A
• AAAA
• AFSDB
• A
• CNAME
• DHCID
• DLV
• HINFO
• HIP
• HTML
• HTXT
• ISDN
• LOC
• MX
• NAPTR
• NS
• NSAP
• RP
• RT
• SPF
• SRV
• SSHFP
• TXT
• WKS
• X25

Add host

Displays an empty node page for adding information about a new host, such as its IP address and mail routing information.

Add multiple hosts

Like "Add host", but lets you conveniently add a whole series of similar hosts. The name entered will be used as such for the first host, and the subsequent host names will get a numerical suffix (or an existing suffix will be incremented). The hosts will automatically be assigned successive IP numbers, starting with the specified one.

Add mail route

Displays a form for defining a new name with a set of MX records. This is useful for defining the routing of mail addressed to a domain name that does not correspond to a physical host. By entering the special name "*" it is possible to define a set of wildcard MX records.

Add comment

Displays a form for defining a new name with one or more TXT records.

Add service

Displays a form for a new name with a set of SRV records. This resource record set is intended to specify location of services with load balancing and priorities.

Add alias

Displays a form for creating a new alias (in other words, a new domain name with a CNAME record).

Add delegation

Displays a form for delegating a subdomain of the current zone, to make it separately maintained with a set of name servers of its own.

Add delegations

Like "Add delegation", but lets you conveniently add a whole series of similar delegations. The name entered will be used as such for the first delegation, and the subsequent delegation names will get a numerical suffix (or an existing suffix will be incremented).

Change log

Enables you to view a log of recent changes to the DNS data.

Import DNS names

Imports a file containing DNS data in a text-based format from the machine running the web browser. See the separate documentation on the import function.

Remove zone

After asking for confirmation, destroys the entire zone and all its contents.

There is a new checkbox for deleting reverse maps automatically, it removes the PTR-records but not the reverse zone itself.

Copy zone

You can create a copy of the zone contents, a new zone, or a new view of the zone.

Export master file

Lists the contents of the current zone in the standard RFC1035 master file format. By using the "save" function of your web browser, you can save the zone data for further processing by other DNS software that uses the master file format.

Export hosts file

Lists the A records of the current zone in the /etc/hosts format. By using the "save" function of your web browser, you can save the zone data for further processing by other software that uses this file format.

Bulk Changes

The bulk changes operation allows you to make mass changes in the zone, such as replacing resource record contents or deleting hosts matching a pattern.

Zone Statistics

Displays the summary of the DNS data in this zone.

Settings

This page can be used to manipulate general zone settings and, in case of a DNSSEC-enabled zone, to access any signing keys associated with the zone.

Search

See the separate documentation on searching.

Zone overview

• Zone type
• Zone's status (whether it is enabled or disabled)
• Serial number
• Last modification date and time
• The number of nodes contained within the zone
• Zone's IP addresses
• DNSSEC status and information
• NSEC3 status and information
• DNSSEC key list with names and information
• Zone's primary and secondary name servers.
  NameSurfer tries to verify that all name servers have the same serial number. For each server one of the following result will be displayed :
  • OK, serial numbers match
  • N/A, NameSurfer did not receive a reply from the name server
  • REFUSED, name server refused the query
  • NXDOMAIN, name server does not have the domain in question
  • If there is a mismatch between NameSurfer and the name server, SOA serial number received from the name server is displayed
• Zone's remote secondary name servers

Sorting and filtering

The zone data

The table may contain some or all of the following columns, depending on the display preferences settings. Some of the columns may also be missing when using a web browser lacking HTML table support.

Name

The DNS name. The name serves as a hypertext link leading to the node page which contains complete information about the name.

Icon

An icon illustrating the type of DNS data stored under the name.

Address

The data shown in this column varies depending on the types of records stored under the name. If the name is a host, the IP address(es) is (are) shown here. If the name is an alias, the canonical name is shown, etc.

MX

The mail exchangers (MX records) of the name, in order from most preferred to least preferred.

HINFO

The host information (HINFO) records.

Aliases

Known aliases of this name. Only aliases in the same zone are displayed.

RP

The e-mail field of the RP (Responsible Person) record for this name, if any.

Comments

The contents of the name's TXT records, if any. Due to limited screen space, only the first few characters of each TXT record are displayed.

Private

The private comment data (HTXT and HTML records) of the name, if any. Due to limited screen space, only the first few characters of each HTXT record are displayed. HTML records are displayed in full.

Servers

Indicates the locations (SRV records)of the servers of the zone.