Search Again: Re: Reverse delegation filename(?) From: Global Homes Webmaster Date: Monday, April 1, 2002 Time: 10:04:18 am On 04/01/02 at 00:02, Bill Staudenheimer wrote: > Having at long last found the right words to say into the right cubicle > at xo.com, > I got a Classless Reverse Delegation for my subnet, > which they designated as > 64/27.26.31.209.in-addr.arpa. > for 32 IPs (32 minus 27 = 5 bits => 32) > > So using the helper in QDNS on OS 9, I set it up. > However, setting it up on an OS X machine using the QuickDNS Manager, > the helper refuses to accept the name, apparently because of the slash > character, > significant in Unix filesystems. The best I can get is > 64-27.26.31.209.in-addr.arpa. > > My impression was that the"64/27" or "64-27" > are strings, and thus would not be equal and not recognized properly. > So are the dash "-" or slash "/" interchangeable with respect > to whatever uses them in the DNS world? '64/27.26.31.209.in-addr.arpa.' is the name of the DNS _zone_. It doesn't necessarily have to be the name of the zone _file_. So, you could make the file name be '64-27.26.31.209.in-addr.arpa.', but within the file you still specify the name of the zone (i.e., the name of the SOA record) as '64/27.26.31.209.in-addr.arpa.' -- Christopher Bort | cbort@globalhomes.com Webmaster, Global Homes | webmaster@globalhomes.com <http://www.globalhomes.com/> | PGP public key available on request

Messages In This Thread: Reverse delegation filename(?) by Bill Staudenheimer on Apr 1, 2002 at 12:05:11 am Re: Reverse delegation filename(?) by Global Homes Webmaster on Apr 1, 2002 at 10:04:18 am Re: Reverse delegation filename(?) by Men & Mice Support on Apr 3, 2002 at 1:37:08 pm