the zone-transfer server (ldapaxfr) works similar to djbdns axfrdns except that it pulls "zones" out of the ldap server. the zone-transfer server REQUIRES that the AXFR environment variable be set to: a single dot or a root of the attempted zone before allowing a zone transfer to occur. AXFR can be disabled (by not setting the AXFR environment variable, or setting it to an empty string) and ldapaxfr will still answer regular queries via TCP. this change is primarily to support APNIC (asia and australia) domains that insist on TCP service but the administrator does not want wide-open zone transfers... sample/axfr contains a default configuration for this.