DNS_Zone.Transfer

Description

This indicates an attempt to send a zone transfer request via DNS.
DNS zone transfer is sent by setting the DNS query type to AXFR. It allows administrators to copy DNS databases from one DNS server to another DNS server.

Affected Products

DNS

Impact

Unexpected network communication

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Reasonable

Default Ports

• UDP/53