[rescue] DNS questions

Kevin Loch rescue at sunhelp.org
Mon Oct 22 10:27:45 CDT 2001


Well, you most certainly don't have "direct" authority (i.e. hosting
the zone on your server) for reverse dns, because that authority is
divided on octet boundries.  YOu must have at least a /24 to 
"do your own" reverse dns.  You will have to send your PTR entries
to your ISP.

KL

"Michael S. Schiller" wrote:
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> I just got a block of 8 IPs from my ISP (after maybe 3 weeks of talking to
> almost everyone there), and I supposedly have full authority (reverse as well
> as forward) over them. My question is 2 fold: 1. How do I know if I really have
> authority over the reverse DNS & 2. If I do, is there an easy way to set it
> up? I've looked at the classless stuff, but I find it confusing. Thanks.
> 
> --
> -Mike
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