DNS and BIND Zone Transfers May Not Work (297936)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2

This article was previously published under Q297936

SYMPTOMS

Zone transfers between Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) version 9.x and a computer that is running Windows 2000 Domain Name System (DNS) server may not work.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because Windows 2000 DNS servers limit the acceptance of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) zone transfer (AXFR) messages to a maximum of 16 kilobytes (KB). BIND version 9.x may send TCP AXFR messages that are greater than 16 KB.; therefore, the zone transfer does not work.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date       Time   Size         Size     File name
   -------------------------------------------------
   5/29/2001  18:06  5.0.2195.36  324,368  Dns.exe

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/26/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbDirServices kbfix kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB297936