Search Again: Re: 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa From: Jeff Folk Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2002 Time: 8:13:01 am on 5/7/02 10:04 AM, Boris CARLIER wisely articulated: > Hello, > I'm a french customer of QuickDnsPro. > > I've got a problem to add a .fr domain in my DNS because nic.fr perform some > checks (that .com registrars don't do) like "Inverse mapping of 127.0.0.1" > > I have create, with my ISP, a zone named 160-191.48.51.194.in-addr.arpa with > these records. > > 177 IN PTR ns.loca2m.fr. > 182 IN PTR ns2.loca2m.fr. > localhost IN A 127.0.0.1 > 172 IN PTR mailhost.loca2m.fr. > 179 IN PTR mailhost2.loca2m.fr. > 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa IN PTR localhost. > > And its the same problem with nic France registrar. > > "Can't get the PTR record for 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa: No Information" The PTR for the localhost address would have to go in a separate zone file because it doesn't belong in your 160-191.48.51.194.in-addr.arpa zone [it would be the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa zone]. Why do they check for inverse mapping of localhost? Jeff

Messages In This Thread: 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa by Boris CARLIER on May 7, 2002 at 8:05:47 am Re: 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa by Jeff Folk on May 7, 2002 at 8:13:01 am Re: 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa by Wolfgang Schimmel on May 7, 2002 at 8:28:11 am