---
name: "nsd-notify"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "nsd3"
version: "3.2.12-3+deb7u1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nsd-notify"
---

# nsd-notify(8)

program to send NOTIFY's to remote nameservers.

## 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)](/nsd/8.md), [nsdc(8)](/nsdc/8.md), [nsd.conf(5)](/nsd.conf/5.md), [nsd-checkconf(8)](/nsd-checkconf/8.md), [nsd-patch(8)](/nsd-patch/8.md), [nsd-xfer(8)](/nsd-xfer/8.md), [zonec(8)](/zonec/8.md)

## AUTHORS

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