Configuring Reverse Dns zone file

[Barry Margolin]

In article <cfbi2n$2sai$1 at sf1.isc.org>, junk at 1command.com (BOG) wrote:

> Greetings Chris,
>  Nice name! Chris is also my name. :)
> I see one problem right off the bat. Read a little further down...
> 
> chris.ngo at gmail.com (Chris Ngo) wrote in message 
> news:<cdh5i9$2301$1 at sf1.isc.org>...
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Im trying to set my reverse dns. I have set my RDNS zone files, but
> > when I dig my ip its doesnt show any of my PTR record.
> > 
> > [root at octopusmarketing pz]# cat 193.204.161.209.in-addr.arpa 
> > $TTL 86400
> > 
> > @       IN      SOA     octopusmarketing.com.    cngo.emaylme.com. (
> ; Add these lines:
> $ORIGIN   204.161.209.IN-ADDR.ARPA.
> $TTL 86400
> ; Change (your) line above to:
> @       IN      SOA     ns.octopusmarketing.com.    cngo.emaylme.com. (
> ; see the difference?
> >                         1       ; Serial
> >                         8H      ; Refresh
> >                         2H      ; Retry
> >                         1W      ; Expire
> >                         1D)     ; Minimum TTL
> ; ADD THE FOLLOWING:
>                           IN    NS    ns.octopusmarketing.com.
>                           IN    A     209.161.204.193

Why do you recommend an A record for a reverse domain name?

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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