domain delegation and "dynamic" DNS

[Michael Voight]

Jim Ault wrote:
>
> C.B.A.IN-ADDR.ARPA.   IN      NS      dhcp1.dhcp.crd.ge.com.

Are you authoritative (registered)  for b.a.in-addr.arpa??
Is this the zone were you delegated from?

> 2) Dynamic DNS
> 
> Let's also say that this NT box is sending "dynamic DNS updates" to my
> BIND 8.2.1 server as well as to itself (running some NT DNS server).
> 
> I get errors like this:
> 
> ===
> Aug 26 11:36:32 crdns named[25570]: rcvd NOTIFY(C.B.A.in-addr.arpa, IN,
> SOA) from [A.B.C.D].53
> Aug 26 11:36:32 crdns named[25570]: rcvd NOTIFY for
> "C.B.A.in-addr.arpa", name not one of our zones
> Aug 26 11:36:53 crdns named[25570]: rcvd NOTIFY(dhcp.crd.ge.com, IN, SOA)
> from [A.B.C.D].53
> Aug 26 11:36:53 crdns named[25570]: rcvd NOTIFY for "dhcp.crd.ge.com",
> name not one of our zones
> ===
> 
> What does this mean in terms of delegation (question I asked above)
> regarding a domain or a subdomain.  I did the delegation because I knew
> the NT box would want to be "master" of something, so I gave it a small
> subdomain to be master of.
> 
> Can my bind 8.2.1 server be the master of A.B.*.* and the forward
> and reverse name zones that go with it, while also allowing this NT
> dynamic DNS program to push this data in to my BIND server without
> delegating a subdomain?  Does this mean that the NT box thinks it is the
> master of that primary zone?  (I don't think I can allow that..)
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help...
> 
> Jim Ault, Unix Support, GE CRD, Schenectady, NY aultj at crd.ge.com <><