in-addr.arpa delegation problem

[Barry Margolin]

In article <Pine.BSO.4.10.9911151835100.6802-100000 at NOC.maKintosh.com>,
John K. <john at NOC.maKintosh.com> wrote:
>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.   

That should be:

$ORIGIN 96.197.188.208.in-addr.arpa.

Or you can simply leave it out, since the default origin is the zone name
from the named.conf file.

If you check your syslog, I'll bet you'll see a warning that there's no SOA
record in the zone.

>	@               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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