reverse lookup using a Class A record

[Kevin Darcy]

DNS is not a routing protocol, so it doesn't care about "network class".
Reverse-records are just names, as far as DNS is concerned...


- Kevin

peter_sands at my-deja.com wrote:

> Hello,
> If I want to use a class A ( assigned) IP address for reverse lookup is the syntax
> something like this..in my named.conf
>
> zone "y.x.w.IN-ADDR.ARPA" {
>         type master;
>         file "db_A.revzone";
> };
>
> and in the say, db_A.revzone, ignoring other info...
>
> Z      IN      PTR     my.domain.com.
>
> The question is; because it is a Class A IP, does the network bits you have in
> the named.conf matter ?, or is it fine as is..