A zone transfer is a process of transferring DNS zone data from one DNS server to another.
Zone transfers are typically used to replicate DNS data across multiple servers, and are an important part of the DNS infrastructure.
To perform a zone transfer, you will need to have access to a DNS server that is authorized to perform zone transfers.
This typically requires access to the DNS server's configuration settings, which may require authentication.
Once you have access to a DNS server that is authorized to perform zone transfers, you can use a tool such as a dig command to initiate a zone transfer.
For example, the following command can be used to initiate a zone transfer for the domain example.com :
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