Domain Record Zone File

This format was originally used by the berkeley internet name domain bind software package but has been widely adopted by other dns server software though some of them e g.

Domain record zone file. Nsd powerdns are using the zone files only as a starting point to compile them into database format see also. The ns record set at the zone apex name is created automatically with each dns zone and is deleted automatically when the zone is deleted it cannot be deleted separately. File format the format of a zone file is defined in rfc 1035 section 5 and rfc 1034 section 3 6 1.