A DNS _____________ creates, maintains and updates the zone file.
A DNS Primary creates, maintains and updates the zone file.
DNS zone transfer, also sometimes known by the inducing DNS query type AXFR, is a type of DNS transaction. It is one of the many mechanisms available for administrators to replicate DNS databases across a set of DNS servers. ... The portion of the database that is replicated is a zone.
Primary DNS zone is hosted in the Primary DNS Server. Secondary DNS Zone: A Secondary DNS Zone is Read-Only copy of a Primary Zone, or another Secondary Zone, kept in a Secondary DNS Server. A Secondary DNS Zone is used to reduce the load on Primary DNS Servers and also for preventing single point of failure.
A DNS zone is a subset, often a single domain, of the hierarchical domain name structure of the DNS. The zone file contains mappings between domain names and IP addresses and other resources, organized in the form of text representations of resource records (RR).
The connection is established between the DNS Server to transfer the zone data and Source and Destination DNS Servers will make sure that data is consistent by using TCP ACK bit. A client computer will always send a DNS Query using UDP Protocol over Port 53.