Search Again: Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query From: Stuart Douglas Date: Friday, January 21, 2005 Time: 8:51:36 am Thanks Chris - that worked. The problem I have now is that I still don't have the mail server reverse DNS set up right : "Asking a.root-servers.net for 82.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa PTR record: a.root-servers.net says to go to auth03.ns.uu.net. (zone: 212.in-addr.arpa.) Asking auth03.ns.uu.net. for 82.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa PTR record: auth03.ns.uu.net [198.6.1.83] says to go to ns0.ednet.co.uk. (zone: 233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.) Asking ns0.ednet.co.uk. for 82.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa PTR record: Got CNAME referral to ns2.pdq.net. (zone 82.233.20.212.in-addr.groovychocolate.com.) [from 212.20.226.130] Asking ns2.pdq.net. for 82.233.20.212.in-addr.groovychocolate.com. PTR record: ns2.pdq.net [204.145.251.2] says to go to ns.groovychocolate.com. (zone: groovychocolate.com.) Asking ns.groovychocolate.com. for 82.233.20.212.in-addr.groovychocolate.com. PTR record: Reports that no PTR records exist [from 212.20.233.82]. Answer: No PTR records exist for 212.20.233.82. [Neg TTL=86400 seconds] Details: ns.groovychocolate.com. (an authoritative nameserver for groovychocolate.com., which is in charge of the reverse DNS for 212.20.233.82) says that there are no PTR records for 212.20.233.82. (from http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ptr.ch?ip=212.20.233.82)" Just to check, I have a zone named groovychocolate.com with the various records for that domain and another sepearate zone named 233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate.com which contains the following records and that's all: 233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate.com ns ns.groovychocolate.com 82.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate.com PTR mail.groovychocolate.com 83.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate.com PTR db1.groovychocolate.com 84.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate.com PTR db2.groovychocolate.com Is that right? Or do I need to add something else? God, this is driving me nuts... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Men & Mice Support" <cbuxton@menandmice.com> To: "QuickDNS Talk" <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:22 PM Subject: Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query > Put dots on the ends of names that shouldn't end in the zone's name > (233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate.com). For example, here's what > happens with and without the dots: > > ns.groovychocolate.com. => ns.groovychocolate.com. > ns.groovychocolate.com => > ns.groovychocolate.com.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate.com. > > There are a couple of upgrades available to you: > > Free: QuickDNS Pro Server 2.2.4, which fixes some serious crashing and > spoofing bugs, is available here: > <ftp://ftp.menandmice.com/pub/quickdns/old/QuickDNSPro2.2.4.sit.hqx> > > Paid: QuickDNS 4.6.1 is available for Mac OS X, as well as other operating > systems, but not for classic Mac OS. > <http://www.menandmice.com/3000/3230_order_quickdns_mac.html> > > Chris Buxton > Men & Mice - Making DNS Easy > > At 11:41 AM +0000 1/19/05, Stuart Douglas wrote: >>Hi >> >>I changed the name of the primary domain 0.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa to >>233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate.com as suggested but that meant >>that the phrase '233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate.com ' was added >>to every Parameter, both in the Domain information and Domain Window. >>forinstance, in the Domain Informaiton window, the 'Primary' box was >>changed from >> >>ns.groovychocolate.com >>to >>ns.groovychocolate.com.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate.com >> >>and 'Hostmaster' was changed from >> >>hostmaster.groovychocolate.com >> >>to >> >>hostmaster.groovychocolate.com.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate.com. >> >>In the main Domain window, that made the PTR entry for our mailserver >> >>82.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate PTR >>mail.groovychocolate.com.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate.com. >> >>which presumably isn't right. When I click on the Parameter 1 part of >>each record to delete the 233.20.212.in-addr.arpa.groovychocolate.com. bit >>I can't - all it let's me highlight and edit is the first >>mail.groovychocolate.com part. >> >>Sorry if I'm being dense, but this side of things is all new to me... >> >>Also, we have QuickDNS Pro 2.2.1 - is there an upgrade? >> >>Stuart >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Subject: Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query >>From: "Stuart Douglas" <stuart@groovychocolate.com> >>Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:00:07 -0000 >> >> >>At 3:28 PM +0000 11/9/04, Stuart Douglas wrote: >>>From: "Men & Mice Support" <cbuxton@menandmice.com> >>>Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:46:00 -0800 >>> >>>>Setting up reverse DNS records isn't as straightforward as it sounds. >>>>First, you must figure out if the reverse zone belongs to your server. >>> >>>>With a regular domain name, when you register the domain, it's >>>>delegated to your server. A reverse zone must be similarly delegated, >>>>but "registration" is typically handled with your ISP rather than >>>>with a central registrar. >>> >>>>I looked up the PTR record delegation for ns.groovychocolate.com. The >>>>ednet.co.uk servers do in fact delegate your reverse records to your >>>>server. The zone name (called "domain name" in QuickDNS Pro 2.x) is: >>> >>>>233.20.212.in-addr.groovychocolate.com. >>> >>>>Creative, and perfectly legal. You don't even need to separate these >>>>into a reverse zone if you don't want to - just create records like >>>>this for each of your IP addresses: >>> >>>>82.233.20.212.in-addr.groovychocolate.com. PTR >>>>mail.groovychocolate.com. >>> >>>Ah, I was doing fine until this point Chris - our mail server and >>>Quick DNS are both on the 82 box, so I've already got a record : >>> >>>82.233.20.212.in-addr.groovychocolate.com. PTR ns.groovychocolate.com >>> >>>Is it allowable to have both records, ie: >>> >>>82.233.20.212.in-addr.groovychocolate.com. PTR mail.groovychocolate.com >>>82.233.20.212.in-addr.groovychocolate.com. PTR ns.groovychocolate.com >> >>It's not against the rules, but it's a bad idea in this case. You >>should have just the one pointing to mail.groovychocolate.com. >> >>I thought I;d done this right after your help, but today when one of our >>users tried to mail someone at easy.com they got a bounce back from the >>email admin there saying that we did not in fact have Reverse DNS setup >>for >>our mail server. >> >>The situation with our DNS server (which I took over responsibility for >>when >>our CTO left) is as follows: >> >>We have two Primary Domains set up, >> >>groovychocolate.com >>0.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa >> >>Our mail server and DNS server both reside on a mac cube with IP >>212.20.233.82. In the Primary Domain groovychocolate.com, we have >>(amongst >>others) these records >> >>groovychocolate.com NS ns.groovychocolate.com >>groovychocolate.com MX 10 mail.groovychocolate.com >>mail.groovychocolate.com A 212.20.233.82 >>ns.groovychocolate.com A 212.20.233.82 >>web.groovychocolate.com CNAME ns.groovychocolate.com >> >>and in the Primary Domain 0.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa we have the following >>entries: >> >>82.0.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa PTR mail.groovychocolate.com >> >>I'm not entirely sure why there is a zero in the 0.233.20.212.in-addr.arpa >>domain, but presumably that's required since it's always been there? >> >>Could someone suggest what we need to add (a CNAME to groovychocolate.com >>perhaps?) >> >>Regards >> >>Stuart >> >> >>D > >

Messages In This Thread: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query by Stuart Douglas on Nov 8, 2004 at 7:06:06 am Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query by Men & Mice Support on Nov 8, 2004 at 9:48:05 am Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query by Stuart Douglas on Nov 9, 2004 at 7:28:43 am Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query by Men & Mice Support on Nov 9, 2004 at 1:58:12 pm Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query by Stuart Douglas on Nov 11, 2004 at 9:13:07 am Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query by Men & Mice Support on Nov 11, 2004 at 9:37:42 am Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query by Stuart Douglas on Jan 17, 2005 at 8:01:02 am Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query by Men & Mice Support on Jan 17, 2005 at 11:48:15 am Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query by Stuart Douglas on Jan 19, 2005 at 3:42:42 am Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query by Men & Mice Support on Jan 19, 2005 at 11:25:53 am Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query by Stuart Douglas on Jan 21, 2005 at 8:51:36 am Re: Setting Up Reverse DNS Query by Men & Mice Support on Jan 21, 2005 at 10:15:33 am