Search Again: Re: Reverse DNS From: Caio James Date: Thursday, June 29, 2000 Time: 11:47:06 pm OK, I just used the domain assistant to add the reverse dns to all my existing domains...will that do me ok for now? Caio > From: Men & Mice Support <cbuxton@menandmice.com> > Reply-To: "QuickDNS Talk" <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> > Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 23:23:21 -0700 > To: "QuickDNS Talk" <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> > Subject: Re: Reverse DNS > > At 8:15 PM -0700 6/29/00, Caio James wrote: >> Reverse DNS? What is this and how do I set it up? My dns servers seem to be >> working fine without this, but one of my client's chat software needs >> reverse dns to work properly.. > > Reverse records are used to map IP addresses back to names. It is > important for workstations and mail servers to have accurate reverse > (PTR) records. > > The top-level of the reverse zone system is in-addr.arpa. Subzones > are made using the octets of your subnet, but in reverse order. In > other words, if one of your IP addresses is 207.38.101.31, then its > PTR record is named "31.101.38.207.in-addr.arpa.". That's potentially > in each of the following zones: > > 101.38.207.in-addr.arpa. > 38.207.in-addr.arpa. > 207.in-addr.arpa. > in-addr.arpa. > > I say "potentially" because not all of those are necessarily delegated zones. > > Here's the actual delegation, starting from the top: > > from f.root-servers.net: > 101.38.207.in-addr.arpa. NS ns1.inno-tech.com. > 101.38.207.in-addr.arpa. NS ns.webdudes.com. > > from ns1.inno-tech.com: > The host or domain "31.101.38.207.in-addr.arpa." does not exist > > from ns.webdudes.com: > non-authoritative answer (lame delegation) > > So on the ns1.inno-tech.com server, there is a file for the zone > 101.38.207.in-addr.arpa. PTR records should be added to it until it > has exactly one for every IP address in use within that class C > subnet. > > (I used this IP address because it's the address of intric.com, the > domain used in your email address.) > ____________________________________________________________________ > Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com > Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com > Makers of: QuickDNS Pro

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