                 Converting from another DNS server to MaraDNS

   The procedure for converting from another DNS server to MaraDNS is as
   follows:

     * Make sure that the names of all zones that the other DNS server has
       are in one's mararc file.
     * Configure the other DNS server to allow the IP of the machine which
       will run MaraDNS to perform zone transfers.
     * Use the fetchzone client to transfer the zones over.

   Assuming that one needs to transfer the zones for example.com,
   maradns.org, and heaven.af.mil over, the procedure would be as follows:

     * Add the following lines to one's mararc file:

 csv2["example.com."] = "db.example.com"
 csv2["maradns.org."] = "db.maradns.org"
 csv2["heaven.af.mil."] = "db.heaven.af.mil"

     * By reading the documentation for the DNS server that one is currently
       running, set up the DNS server to allow zone transfers for
       exmaple.com, maradns.org, and heaven.af.mil
     * Run fetchzone three times. Assuming that the IP of the server
       currently running DNS is at the IP 127.0.0.1:

 cd /opt/local/etc/maradns
 fetchzone example.com 127.0.0.1 > db.example.com
 fetchzone maradns.org 127.0.0.1 > db.maradns.org
 fetchzone heaven.af.mil 127.0.0.1 > db.heaven.af.mil

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   If one is converting from another DNS server, it is probably best to have
   MaraDNS act in a strictly RFC-compliant manner. In particular, star
   records should probably be handled in the exact same manner described in
   section 4.3.3 of RFC1034, and MaraDNS should be configured to have full
   support for DNS over TCP.

   To make star record handling strictly RFC compliant, add the following
   line to the mararc configuration file:

     bind_star_handling = 1

   To give MaraDNS full DNS-over-TCP support, follow the directions in the
   dnstcp document.
