in-addr.arpa delegation problem

Mark_Andrews at iengines.com Mark_Andrews at iengines.com
Tue Nov 16 00:41:26 UTC 1999


> Hello. Recently I got a DSL link with a /29. I asked my ISP for
> in-addr.arpa authority for my 5 IPs and supposedly they gave it to me.
> However 'dig @ns1.swbell.net -xc 208.188.197.97' returns:

	Try 'dig @ns1.swbell.net -x 208.188.197.97 ptr'

	By default -x does a type ANY query which does not follow CNAMES.

	Mark
> 
> 	;; ANSWER SECTION:
> 	97.197.188.208.in-addr.arpa.  2H IN CNAME  97.96.197.188.208.in-addr.ar
> pa.
> 	
> 	;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> 	197.188.208.in-addr.arpa.  2H IN NS  ns1.swbell.net.
> 	
> Here is what I think is relevant in my "named.conf":
> 
> 	zone "96.197.188.208.in-addr.arpa" IN {
>         	type master;
> 	        file "reverse/208.188.197.96.zone";
> 	        allow-transfer { 151.164.1.1; };   
> 	};
> 
> and here is my "reverse/208.188.197.96.zone":
> 
> 	$ORIGIN  197.188.208.in-addr.arpa.   
> 	@               IN      SOA     NOC.maKintosh.com.
> 	john.NOC.maKintosh.com. (
> 	                                1999111208      ; serial
> 	                                1h              ; refresh
> 	                                30m             ; retry
> 	                                7d              ; expiration
> 	                                1h)             ; minimum
> 	                        NS      NOC.maKintosh.com.
> 	                        IN      NS      ns1.swbell.net.
> 	                        IN      NS      ns2.swbell.net.
> 	97                      PTR     NOC.maKintosh.com.
> 	98                      PTR     slappy.mocker.org.
> 
> Is my ISP doing something wrong? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for
> the help.
> 
> __
> .j0hn [john at maKintosh.com]
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, Internet Engines Inc. / Internet Software Consortium
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