[cobalt-users] complete zone transfer to a secondary name server

["Ken" <jm@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was using my hosts DNS (CT). Now I have a second Raq3, and would like to
handle my own DNS. Handling the Primary DNS settings through the GUI seems
easy, but I have a couple questions regarding the Secondary DNS.

My company domains are atomictech.com & .net.
Through BulkRegister, I've setup name servers.
NS1.ATOMICTECH.NET = main IP of my Raq at CT (209.15.189.41)
NS2.ATOMICTECH.NET = main IP of my second Raq (216.234.186.143)

1. Can I do a complete zone transfer without adding each domain through the
GUI on the slave DNS server? If there is not a way to do it through the GUI,
then I found out through searching the mail archive that I need the lines
below in my name.conf. Does this do a complete zone transfer, or am I
supposed to change "zone.com" to "mydomain.com" or something like that?

# -- start code -- #
zone "zone.com" {
         type slave;
         file "etc/named/zone.com";
         masters {
                 209.15.189.41;
         };
};
# -- end -- #

2. How do I handle the DNS entry for "atomictech.net"? I've already
specified the IPs of ns1 & ns2 through Bulk Register. It is currently setup
through CTs DNS. Do I need A records for ns1 & ns2? Is it OK to move the DNS
of atomictech.net to my Raq since it is the domain of my name servers?

I've ordered DNS & Bind (O'Reilly - no relative of mine), but I would like
to get DNS setup right away. After I read the book, I'll probably bypass the
GUI.

TIA,
Ken Reilly
jm@xxxxxxxxx