---
title: "Error: disabling RFC 1918 empty zones"
slug: "aa-00804"
description: "This error sometimes appeared in EOL versions of BIND. If you see it, please upgrade."
updated: 2018-10-30T19:34:09Z
published: 2018-10-30T19:34:09Z
canonical: "kb.isc.org/aa-00804"
stale: true
---

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# Why does named log an error 'disabling RFC 1918 empty zones' when starting up?

In obsolete versions of BIND, **named** could log this message at startup:

```
Warning: 'empty-zones-enable/disable-empty-zone' not set:
disabling RFC 1918 empty zones
```

This behavior was eliminated in BIND 9.9.0. All branches that contained this log message have passed End of Life; if you encounter this message, you should upgrade. Please visit [https://www.isc.org/downloads/](https://www.isc.org/downloads/) for the latest versions of all ISC software.