Search Again: Re: reverse DNS lookup for IRC From: Sigfus Magnusson Date: Monday, August 17, 1998 Time: 4:09:00 pm Hi, I'm sorry but I was unable to reply to your messages before the weekend. Michael Reid wrote: >Question for Men&Mice Techies: > >How does the DNS handle international dates? When a DNS does a query, it >does not return time zone information like email so how does it know >accurately, which day it is? Or do the records only depend on the Refresh >value, and hence having time zone information isn't really useful; since >the serial number is just that, a serial number, and does not necessarily >have anything to do with the actual date... Correct, DNS servers don't use the serial number as a date but it's more useful for us when it represents a date. A secondary server only knows that it has to update a domain when the serial number of it has been increased. Michael Reid and Nick Quinn wrote: >>>The best I can think of is import a formatted text file with the data, as >>>you can build a list of records much faster in a program like let's say >>>BBEdit than using the QuickDNS admin. >> >>So I tried making a reverse domain with the domain assistant and nothing >>happened at the end of the "go ahead". Then I do one by hand and set up a >>template to export. Hopefully guiding me how to format for the subsequent >>import. Living dangerously and reading the manual at p45, I start the >>export script and QuickDNS quits with a "2" stop. >> >>I've tried running a few other scripts (like speakable items) and they >>work. >> >>I noticed in the QuickDNS script folder there was a "Create Reverse >>Domains" script. So maybe I have not set up QuickDNS to be scriptable. Is >>there anything special I should do? I am feeling a bit useless, at the >>moment. > >Don't feel that way, as a matter of fact, there should be an Export in the >QuickDNS Admin. >Anyway I was trying the export script and BOOM my Mac crashed. Something is >screwy here. >Does the AppleScript in the Utilities folder crash any of you guys? Unfortunately there is a bug in QuickDNS Pro 2.1 which causes the Admin to crash when exporting domains (it crashes when exporting the serial no. of the domain). You can export the domain using QuickDNS Pro Admin 2.0. We're working on a fix and we expect to release a maintenance update this fall. Best regards, Sigfus -- Sigfus Magnusson Tel: +354-520-5308 Men & Mice Fax: +354-520-5305 e-mail: sigfusm@menandmice.com WWW: http://www.menandmice.com/

Messages In This Thread: reverse DNS lookup for IRC by Nick Quinn on Aug 13, 1998 at 11:21:00 pm Re: reverse DNS lookup for IRC by Michael Reid on Aug 14, 1998 at 12:08:00 am Re: reverse DNS lookup for IRC by Michael Reid on Aug 14, 1998 at 12:19:00 am Re: reverse DNS lookup for IRC by Nick Quinn on Aug 14, 1998 at 2:11:00 am Re: reverse DNS lookup for IRC by Nick Quinn on Aug 14, 1998 at 2:15:00 am Re: reverse DNS lookup for IRC by Michael Reid on Aug 14, 1998 at 11:05:00 pm Re: reverse DNS lookup for IRC by Nick Quinn on Aug 15, 1998 at 12:32:00 am Re: reverse DNS lookup for IRC by Nick Quinn on Aug 15, 1998 at 7:26:00 am Re: reverse DNS lookup for IRC by Michael Reid on Aug 15, 1998 at 5:58:00 pm Re: reverse DNS lookup for IRC by Sigfus Magnusson on Aug 17, 1998 at 4:09:00 pm