Reverse DNS to a Router??

[Barry Margolin]

In article <7ubdpl$6fv$1 at news.chatlink.com>, Pmann <peter at olsi.com> wrote:
>I have a client on a DSL line trying to download 128-bit encrypted software.
>He gets an error from their server "The following error occurred during
>Reverse DNS Lookup: host information not found".  He does not have a
>registered domain name, only a DSL router at his site.  The router has an IP
>address from a sub-netted Class C  that was given to me by my upstream ISP.
>How would I create a reverse DNS record without a domain name to point to,
>and should that record be created by the upstream who owns the Class C?

You either have to get the upstream ISP to install PTR records for you, or
have them delegate the subnet to you using the technique in RFC 2317.

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