Reverse Configuration Problem?

[Will Yardley]

i'm a little confused.... why do you have a master zone configured for
this reverse zone?

unless you own the entire class c, you should have your ISP add a PTR
record to change:
this....

;235.126.180.64.in-addr.arpa.   IN      PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
235.126.180.64.in-addr.arpa. 60 IN      PTR    
s64-180-126-235.bc.hsia.telus.net.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
126.180.64.in-addr.arpa. 86383  IN      NS      helium.bc.tac.net.
126.180.64.in-addr.arpa. 86383  IN      NS      neon.bc.tac.net.

to this.....

;; ANSWER SECTION:
235.126.180.64.in-addr.arpa. 60 IN      PTR     ns.oddjobsbc.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
126.180.64.in-addr.arpa. 86383  IN      NS      helium.bc.tac.net.
126.180.64.in-addr.arpa. 86383  IN      NS      neon.bc.tac.net.

unless you're authoritative for this class c you can't create this PTR
record, nor should you try to.  If you have like 10 or more IP addresses
you might convince your ISP to delegate to you using the CNAME hack but
most likely they won't.

jazz% whois -a 64.180.126.235
Telus Advanced Communications  (NETBLK-NET-TELAC-BLK10) NET-TELAC-BLK10
                                                   64.180.0.0 -
64.180.159.255
Trinity Prof-Soho (NETBLK-HSIA114-CA) HSIA114-CA 64.180.124.0 -
64.180.127.255
jazz% whois -a NETBLK-HSIA114-CA
Trinity Prof-Soho (NETBLK-HSIA114-CA)
   380 E 10th Avenue
   Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 1Z7
   CA

   Netname: HSIA114-CA
   Netblock: 64.180.124.0 - 64.180.127.255

   Coordinator:
      Hostmaster, HSIA  (HH234-ARIN)  abuse at telus.net
      1-877-310-8324


your nameserver is responding just fine, and thinks it's authoritative
for that IP address.  however it's not :>

jazz% dig -x 64.180.126.235 @ns.oddjobsbc.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.0a2 <<>> -x 64.180.126.235 @ns.oddjobsbc.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 18219
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;235.126.180.64.in-addr.arpa.   IN      PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
235.126.180.64.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN   PTR     ns.oddjobsbc.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
126.180.64.in-addr.arpa. 86400  IN      NS      ns.oddjobsbc.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.oddjobsbc.com.       86400   IN      A       64.180.126.235

;; Query time: 277 msec
;; SERVER: 64.180.126.235#53(ns.oddjobsbc.com)
;; WHEN: Thu Jul  5 19:42:49 2001
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 105


w
Jason wrote:
> 
> Hello there
> 
> My info
>         IP:  64.180.126.235
>        dns:  ns.oddjobsbc.com
>     domain:  oddjobsbc.com
>   hostname:  dns1
> 
> Pleaes read the following response:
> 
> >"Regarding the reverse DNS zone, that guy is right, the zone is
> misconfigured, >but I can't fix it, because the problem is not with
> your host configuration. >Look:
> 
> >[10:07][rrf at rrf:p4][/local/bin]$ nslookup -type=ns
> 126.180.64.in-addr.arpa
> >Server: lion.simcom.ru
> >Address: 194.135.21.1
> 
> >Non-authoritative answer:
> >126.180.64.in-addr.arpa nameserver = NEON.BC.TAC.NET
> >126.180.64.in-addr.arpa nameserver = HELIUM.BC.TAC.NET
> >[10:07][rrf at rrf:p4][/local/bin]$
> 
> >i.e. nameservers neon.bc.tac.net and helium.bc.tac.net are currently
> the >authorative nameservers for your reverse zone, and all queries
> get to them. in >order to edit your reverse zone configuration, you'll
> need to set you server >as primary for this domain."
> 
> I just want to confirm, this is something my ISP has to fix,
> 126.180.64.in-addr.arpa nameserver needs to be set to oddjobsbc.com,
> or is really my configuration files, if so can someone please
> tell what is wrong with my configuration files:
> 
> named.conf
> ----------
> .
> .
> .
> zone "126.180.64.in-addr.arpa" {
>         type master;
>         file "64.180.126";
> };
> .
> .
> 
> 64.180.126
> ----------
> $TTL    86400
> @       IN      SOA     ns.oddjobsbc.com. hostmaster.oddjobsbc.com. (
>                                 2001062708      ; serial
>                                 10800           ; refresh
>                                 3600            ; retry
>                                 604800          ; expire
>                                 86400 )         ; minimum
>                 NS      ns.oddjobsbc.com.
> 
> 126.180.64.in-addr.arpa.        IN      PTR      oddjobsbc.com.
> 
> 235     IN      PTR     ns.oddjobsbc.com.
> 
> oddjobsbc.com
> -------------
> $TTL    86400
> @       IN      SOA     ns.oddjobsbc.com. hostmaster.oddjobsbc.com. (
>                                 2001062708      ;
>                                 10800           ;
>                                 3600            ;
>                                 604800          ;
>                                 86400 )         ; minimum, seconds
> 
>         IN              NS      ns.oddjobsbc.com.
> 
>         IN              MX      0       ns.oddjobsbc.com.
> 
> ns              86400   A       64.180.126.235
>                                 HINFO   "PII/550/128M" "Linux 2.2"
> 
> localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1
> dns1            IN      CNAME   ns
> mail            IN      CNAME   ns
> www             IN      CNAME   ns
> 
> 
>  Before someone kindly reminds me, I'm aware of the fact I need a
>  2nd nameserver, I plan on setting one up at zoneedit.com
> 
> Thank you in advance :)