diff --git a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml index 66157e9230..2e8566ab80 100644 --- a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml +++ b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ - PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. --> - + BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual @@ -11024,18 +11024,18 @@ zone "example.com" { Incrementing and Changing the Serial Number - - Zone serial numbers are just numbers — they aren't date - related. A lot of people set them to a number that represents a - date, usually of the form YYYYMMDDRR. A number of people - tested these numbers for Y2K compliance and set the number - to the year 2000 to see if it would work. They then tried to restore - the old serial number. This caused problems because serial - numbers are used to indicate that a zone has been updated. If the - serial number on the slave server is lower than the serial number - on the master, the slave server will attempt to update its copy of - the zone. - + + Zone serial numbers are just numbers — they aren't + date related. A lot of people set them to a number that + represents a date, usually of the form YYYYMMDDRR. + Occasionally they will make a mistake and set them to a + "date in the future" then try to correct them by setting + them to the "current date". This causes problems because + serial numbers are used to indicate that a zone has been + updated. If the serial number on the slave server is + lower than the serial number on the master, the slave + server will attempt to update its copy of the zone. + Setting the serial number to a lower number on the master