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NotZone

Name Not Contained in Zone

Core RCODERFC 2136

NotZone (10) is returned by a DNS UPDATE server when a name in the update is outside the zone specified in the update's Zone section. The update is attempting to modify a name that does not belong to the zone the server is authoritative for.

RCODE

10

Name

NotZone

Standard

RFC 2136

Description

DNS UPDATE (RFC 2136) messages include a Zone section specifying which zone the update applies to. If any name in the Prerequisite or Update section falls outside this zone's domain, the server returns NotZone. This prevents cross-zone modification attempts. For example, an update targeting example.com that includes records for sub.otherdomain.com in the update section would return NotZone. This is a consistency check in dynamic DNS update processing.

Common Causes

  • –DNS UPDATE includes names outside the specified zone
  • –Update targeting wrong zone in the Zone section
  • –Dynamic DNS client misconfigured with wrong zone name
RFC 2136 – DNS RCODE specification →