difference in reverse lookup

[Barry Margolin]

In article <199911042344.VAA02100 at barabas.domocomm.com>,
Geert Jacobs  <gjacobs at domocomm.com> wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>- name server 1 runs BIND 8.1.2, master
>- a nslookup for the full reverse class-B zone returns :
>
>  Name: xxx.xxx.in-addr.arpa
>  
>  
>- name server 2 runs BIND 4.9.7, slave
>- a nslookup for the same full reverse class-B zone returns :
>
>  *** No address (A) records available for xxx.xxx.in-addr.arpa
>  
>Does anyone have a clue why this would be the case ? Is it caused by the 
>different BIND version ? Both servers are known to be authoritative for the
>reverse zone.

Do you see similar problems when you test using dig?  nslookup does some
extra queries behind the scenes that can cause confusion.

Are these servers accessible from the Internet?  If so, please provide
their addresses and the xxx.xxx.

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