nsd-notify(8)							    nsd 3.2.12							     nsd-notify(8)

NAME

       nsd-notify - program to send NOTIFY's to remote nameservers.

SYNOPSIS

       nsd-notify [-4] [-6] [-h] [-a address[@port]] [-p port] [-y key:secret[:algorithm]] -z zone servers

DESCRIPTION

       Nsd-notify is simple program to send NOTIFY's to remote nameservers.  NSD is a complete implementation of an authoritative DNS nameserver.

OPTIONS

       -4     Only send to IPv4 addresses.

       -6     Only send to IPv6 addresses.

       -h     Print help information and exit.

       -a address[@port]
	      Specify the source address (and port) to send from.

       -p port
	      Specify the port to send to.

       -y key:secret[:algorithm]
	      Specify a TSIG key and base64 encoded secret to sign the notification with. If the TSIG algorithm is not defined, MD5 is used.

       z zone Specify the zone to notify about.

       servers
	      List of nameservers to send to.

EXAMPLES

       To run this program the standard way type:

       # nsd-notify -z foobar.cz 1.2.3.4

SEE ALSO

       nsd(8), nsdc(8), nsd.conf(5), nsd-checkconf(8), nsd-patch(8), nsd-xfer(8), zonec(8)

AUTHORS

       NSD was written by NLnet Labs and RIPE NCC joint team. Please see CREDITS file in the distribution for further details.

NLnet Labs							   jul 19, 2012 						     nsd-notify(8)