reverse dns does not work

[Malina Jo Ann]

> I struggled with this for a long time. We got 64 IP addresses,
> 216.112.83.64-127,  from our ISP.
...
> zone "64/26.83.112.216.in-addr.arpa"

Shouldn't that be zone "26/64.83.112.216.in-addr.arpa" ?
You don't own 216.112.83.26.

-- 
Jo Ann Malina
unix systems administrator
jmalina at icl.com
650/528-7760


> -----Original Message-----
> From: bzhang at sohar.com [mailto:bzhang at sohar.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 2:28 PM
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at uunet.uu.net
> Subject: reverse dns does not work
> 
> 
> I struggled with this for a long time. We got 64 IP addresses,
> 216.112.83.64-127,  from our ISP. I am using version 8.1.* bind on Red
> Hat 6.2.
> 
> Here is the named.conf
> 
> options {
> 	directory "/var/named";
> 
> };
> 
> zone "sohar.com" {
> 	type master;
> 	file "db.sohar";
> };
> 
> zone "meadep.com" {
> 	type master;
> 	file "db.meadep";
> };
> 
> zone "64/26.83.112.216.in-addr.arpa" {
> 	type master;
> 	also-notify {
> 		206.173.119.72;
> 		207.155.183.72;
> 		207.155.183.73;
> 		207.155.184.72;
> 	};
> 	file "db.216.112.83.64-127";
> };
> zone "." {
> 	type hint;
> 	file "named.ca";
> };
> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
> 	type master;
> 	file "named.local";
> };
> 
> Here is db.sohar
> 
> $TTL 86400
> @	IN	SOA	dns.sohar.com.	bzhang.sohar.com. (
> 	2000081614	; Serial (yyyymmddhh)
>              86400		; Refresh (after 1 day)
>              900		; Retry (after 15 minutes)
>              1209600		; Expire (after 14 days)
>              345600 		; Minimum (TTL of 4 days)
> 				)
> 	IN	NS	dns.sohar.com.
> 	IN	MX	10	mail.sohar.com.
> 	IN	MX	20	custmail.concentric.net.
> 	IN	A	216.112.83.112
> sohar58	IN	A	216.112.83.112
> dns	IN	CNAME	sohar58
> ..............
> 
> 
> Here is the file db.216.112.83.64-127
> 
> $TTL 86400
> @	in	soa	dns.sohar.com.	bzhang.sohar.com. (
> 	        2000071919	; Serial (yyyymmddhh)
>                      86400		; Refresh (after 1 day)
>                      900		; Retry (after 15 minutes)
>                      1209600		; Expire (after 14 days)
>                      259200 		; Minimum (TTL of 3 days)
> 				)
> 			in	ns	dns.sohar.com.
> 			in	ns	nameserver3.concentric.net.
> 112				ptr	sohar58.sohar.com.
> .........
> 
> 
> Here is the db.meadep
> 
> $TTL 86400
> @	IN	SOA	meadep.com.	bzhang.sohar.com. (
> 	2000081614	; Serial (yyyymmddhh)
>               86400		; Refresh (after 1 day)
>               900		; Retry (after 15 minutes)
>               1209600		; Expire (after 14 days)
>               345600 		; Minimum (TTL of 4 days)
> 				)
> 	IN	NS	dns.sohar.com.
> 	IN	MX	10	mail.sohar.com.
> 	IN	MX	20	custmail.concentric.net.
> 	IN	A	216.112.83.112
> www	IN	A	216.112.83.111
> 
> 
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