Search Again: Re: DNS lookup configuration issue From: Mikal Anderson Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2001 Time: 11:39:30 pm Apologies for the previous repost. My error. Sincere thanks for addressing this issue. (I promise to tame that trigger response, honest ...) > From: Men & Mice Support <cbuxton@menandmice.com> > Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 20:36:58 -0700 > > At 5:04 PM +0900 4/2/01, Mikal Anderson wrote: >> Using the Tango CGI tag <@CGIPARAM SERVER_NAME> returns the string >> >> 144.tprj.200.158.210.in-addr.arpa >> >> instead of the correct string: >> >> www.review.co.jp >> >> What do we need to do so that DNS lookups return the correct domain name? > > Actually, the correct result, according to the DNS records involved, > is "jp.review.co.jp.". > > It looks like whatever reverse lookup function Tango is relying on > (probably in the web server) is broken - it's ignoring the record > types of the records in the returned result, and is simply reading > the first record returned. This was a common mistake, which carried > essentially no negative consequences, up until a few years ago. But > with the practice of classless subnet delegation now commonplace, the > function fails. > > To work around the problem, unfortunately, will involve removing the > classless subnet delegation, at least for this particular address. > That means that the reverse record for this address must be handled > by idc.ad.jp instead of by your own DNS server. > ____________________________________________________________________ > Chris Buxton Men & Mice > cbuxton@menandmice.com We Make DNS Easy! >

Messages In This Thread: Re: DNS lookup configuration issue by Men & Mice Support on Apr 3, 2001 at 12:07:18 am Re: DNS lookup configuration issue by Mikal Anderson on Apr 3, 2001 at 11:31:10 pm Re: DNS lookup configuration issue by Mikal Anderson on Apr 3, 2001 at 11:39:30 pm Re: DNS lookup configuration issue by Men & Mice Support on Apr 4, 2001 at 12:02:42 am Re: DNS lookup configuration issue by Men & Mice Support on Apr 4, 2001 at 12:07:27 am