reverse domain in secondary DNS?

Re: reverse domain in secondary DNS?

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At 1:34 PM -0700 1/3/2000, Cameron Knowlton wrote:
>>At 11:29 AM -0700 1/3/2000, Cameron Knowlton wrote:
>>>I'm currently helping others here in Canada clean up their DNS, and
>>>I had one question about reverse domains.
>>
>>Do you think Canada would like to participate in our "Spring
>>Cleaning" project? Details are at http://sc.menandmice.com/.
>
>
>absolutely!
>
>in fact, i'd suggest making it a contest... canadian's love a good
>contest... especially against each other.
>
>in Canada, Calgary is the most wired city (I'm a Calgarian myself),
>and Toronto's second... there's always been a strong (but fun)
>rivalry between Calgary and Toronto. (east vs. west, basically :o)
>
>how about a contest to pit Calgary against Toronto in the Spring
>Cleaning benchmark? shouldn't be too hard to get the word out, and
>gather participation, and would be be incredible exposure for the SC
>effort. (and for MenAndMice, of course ;o)
>
>I'd be guessing that other cities in Canada just might follow, and
>oh, how the US hates to lose to Canada :o)
>
>[as I'm in Calgary this winter, the 'snowball' effect is rather
>predominant at the moment.]

:)

I'll pass this idea along to the higher-ups.

>>>Question: does the reverse domain (e.g. z.y.x.w.in-addr.arpa) need
>>>to be entered into their secondary DNS computer's Secondary window?
>>
>>That depends.
>>
>>The reverse zone is separate from the domain zone. It's possible
>>that it is delegated to different servers than their domain. (DNS
>>Expert's DNS Query tool is highly useful for determining this.)
>>
>>Every server listed in the delegation records should be
>>authoritative for the reverse zone. As usual, for easiest
>>maintenance, one of these should be configured as primary and the
>>rest as secondary.
>
>so then, assuming that their reverse zone *is* delegated to them (it
>is), you're saying the reverse domain:
>
> z.y.x.in-addr.arpa.
>
>*should* be listed in the secondary dns' Secondary table? (note:
>z.y.x.in-addr.arpa. correction from previous typo)

Yes, that's the basic idea.
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