Issue with sendmail -- ip6.arpa queries rejected, ip6.int works.

[Mark Andrews]

> Hey all --
> 
> I'm using the same zonefile in my sendmail configs for both ip6.int and
> ip6.arpa (for the localhost ::1 entry)
 
	Upgrade your gethostbyaddr() implementation. bitstring labels were
	a pain to work with and were moved to experimental.

	IPv6 now uses nibbles under IP6.ARPA.

	Mark

> ZONE FILE:
> 
> ;       From: @(#)localhost.rev 5.1 (Berkeley) 6/30/90
> ; $FreeBSD: src/etc/namedb/PROTO.localhost-v6.rev,v 1.1.2.1 2002/02/04
> 18:24:21 ume Exp $
> ;
> ; This file is automatically edited by the `make-localhost' script in
> ; the /etc/namedb directory.
> ;
> 
> $TTL    3600
> 
> @       IN      SOA     prime.gushi.org. root.prime.gushi.org.  (
>                                 20050512        ; Serial
>                                 3600    ; Refresh
>                                 900     ; Retry
>                                 3600000 ; Expire
>                                 3600 )  ; Minimum
>         IN      NS      prime.gushi.org.
>         IN      PTR     localhost.gushi.org.
> 
> NAMED.CONF:
> 
> // RFC 3152
> zone
> "1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA"
> {
>         type master;
>         file "/etc/namedb/m/localhost-v6.rev";
> };
> 
> // RFC 1886 -- deprecated
> zone
> "1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.INT"
> {
>         type master;
>         file "/etc/namedb/m/localhost-v6.rev";
> };
> 
> Here's what sendmail is telling me:
> 
> ;; res_query(\[x00000000000000000000000000000001/128].ip6.arpa, 1, 12)
> ;; res_nmkquery(QUERY,
> \[x00000000000000000000000000000001/128].ip6.arpa, IN, PTR)
> ;; res_send()
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44856
> ;; flags: rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> ;;	\[x00000000000000000000000000000001/128].ip6.arpa, type = PTR, class
> = IN
> ;; Querying server (# 1) address = 127.0.0.1
> ;; new DG socket
> ;; wrong query name:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: FORMERR, id: 44856
> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 0, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> 
> ;; timeout
> ;; Querying server (# 1) address = 127.0.0.1
> ;; wrong query name:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: FORMERR, id: 44856
> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 0, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> 
> ;; timeout
> ;; res_query: send error
> ;;
> res_query(1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6
> .int,
> 1, 12)
> ;; res_nmkquery(QUERY,
> 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.int,
> IN, PTR)
> ;; res_send()
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44857
> ;; flags: rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> ;;	1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.int
> ,
> type = PTR, class = IN
> ;; Querying server (# 1) address = 127.0.0.1
> ;; new DG socket
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44857
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 2
> ;;	1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.int
> ,
> type = PTR, class = IN
> 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.int.
>  1H IN PTR  localhost.gushi.org.
> 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.int.
>  1H IN NS  prime.gushi.org.
> 
> Any ideas why?
> 
> It's bind 9.3.1, FWIW
> 
> 
--
Mark Andrews, ISC
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