Search Again: Re: PTR records From: Global Homes Webmaster Date: Monday, September 17, 2001 Time: 11:48:19 am On 09/16/01 at 11:56, Dave Cooper wrote: > So the average workstation doesn't really need to have a PTR record setup > for it? That wasn't my intended inference. The bit about 'IP numbers that have host names' was simply because the data portion (the right-hand side) of a PTR record must be a host name. Workstations can have host names just as well as servers. It's arguably more important for servers to have PTRs, but there are circumstances under which it may be desirable for workstations to have PTRs also. > >> I've been told that having a reverse lookup for each IP on my > >> network is a good thing. My question is: What would this look like > >> in the reverse domain? Can I do a range of IP #'s on a single > >> line, or do I have to do an individual line for each number? > > > > First, you need to have your ISP delegate the reverse zone to your > > name servers. Once that's done you need a separate PTR record in the > > reverse zone for each IP number that has a host name. E.g.: > > > > z.y.x.in-addr.arpa. NS ns1.your.domain. > > z.y.x.in-addr.arpa. NS ns2.your.domain. > > 1.z.y.x.in-addr.arpa. PTR host1.your.domain. > > 2.z.y.x.in-addr.arpa. PTR host2.your.domain. > > 3.z.y.x.in-addr.arpa. PTR host3.your.domain. > > etc. Christopher Bort | cbort@globalhomes.com Webmaster, Global Homes | webmaster@globalhomes.com <http://www.globalhomes.com/> | PGP public key available on request

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