{"id":40,"date":"2025-09-23T19:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?post_type=glossary&amp;p=40"},"modified":"2025-09-23T19:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:43:39","slug":"dns-zone-transfer","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?glossary=dns-zone-transfer","title":{"rendered":"DNS zone transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A process by which different DNS servers can sync their databases. Zone transfers are often performed when a primary DNS server updates one or more secondary (backup) DNS servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?glossary=dns-zone-transfer\"\r\n                    class=\"yaw-glossary yaw-glossary-alt-link\"\r\n                    title=\"DNS zone transfer\"\r\n                    data-bs-toggle=\"popover\"\r\n                    data-bs-html=\"true\"\r\n                    data-bs-trigger=\"hover focus\"\r\n                    data-bs-content=\"&lt;p&gt;A process by which different DNS servers can sync their databases. Zone transfers are often performed when a primary DNS server updates one or more secondary (backup) DNS servers. A zone transfer uses the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) for transport&hellip;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">zone transfer<\/a> uses the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) for transport and takes the form of a client\u2013server transaction. The client requesting a zone transfer may be a secondary server requesting data from a primary server. The portion of the database that is replicated is a zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A process by which different DNS servers can sync their databases. Zone transfers are often performed when a primary DNS server updates one or more secondary (backup) DNS servers. A zone transfer uses the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) for transport and takes the form of a client\u2013server transaction. The client requesting a zone transfer may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-40","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/40\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}