PTR record errors...

[Bill Manning]

% 
% I am running a copy of CheckPoints MetaIP which is based on BIND.  I
% have several domains setup on the DNS servers, and all DNS analysis
% tools (DNS Expert, etc.) report that there are no PTR records
% available.  A simple example is the domain polarisfund.com, which has 5
% records total.  A rec 12.25.49.181 for www, A rec 12.25.49.181 for @,
% an MX record, and two NS records.  I have a reverse zone 49.25.12.in-
% addr.arpa, and it contains a PTR entry for www.polarisfund.com of
% 12.25.49.181.  If I use an NSLookup tool to search for a PTR record in
% the domain I get a valid response.  What am I missing?
% 
% Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
% Before you buy.

It seems that the zone has not been delegated to you so your zone
is ignored unless you point to your servers.  You need to get ATT
to delegate the 49.25.12.in-addr.arpa zone to ns1.forumfunds.com. &
ns2.forumfunds.com.
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$ dig 49.25.12.in-addr.arpa ns

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> 49.25.12.in-addr.arpa ns 
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 4
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      49.25.12.in-addr.arpa, type = NS, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
49.25.12.in-addr.arpa.  21h53m38s IN NS  auth02.ns.harvard.net.
49.25.12.in-addr.arpa.  21h53m38s IN NS  cbru.br.ns.els-gms.att.net.
49.25.12.in-addr.arpa.  21h53m38s IN NS  cmtu.mt.ns.els-gms.att.net.
49.25.12.in-addr.arpa.  21h53m38s IN NS  auth01.ns.harvard.net.

...

$ dig 49.25.12.in-addr.arpa ns @NS2.FORUMFUNDS.COM.

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> 49.25.12.in-addr.arpa ns @NS2.FORUMFUNDS.COM. 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      49.25.12.in-addr.arpa, type = NS, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
49.25.12.in-addr.arpa.  1H IN NS        ns2.forumfunds.com.
49.25.12.in-addr.arpa.  1H IN NS        ns1.forumfunds.com.

... enjoy!


--bill