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> 2. You do not need a PTR record for every domain name, host name, or
Re: Reverse DNS
From: Caio James
Date: Friday, June 30, 2000
Time: 1:41:36 am
> A record. You need a PTR record (exactly one) for every IP address in
> use. For any IP address that's used in multiple A records, pick one
> of those names to use in the PTR record.
Allright.. I've got it (I think ;-)
each IP only needs 1 reverse DNS record, regardless of how many domain names
are parked on it.
> So if an outside resolver tries to look up the reverse record for one
> of your IP addresses (as happened with the chat server you
> mentioned), it'll follow these records to the UUNet servers, then hit
> a dead end. It'll conclude that you don't have any reverse records,
> no matter that you have a reverse zone configured on your own servers.
>
> You need to talk to UUNet about this.
so what exactly do I need to speak with uunet about? I'm not exactly sure of
the specific problem there.
Caio
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