Creating A Reverse File for /23 Network

[Kevin Darcy]

techlists at alberni.net wrote:

> I will be setting up DNS for a /23 network (x.x.68.0 - x.x.69.255).
> Do I have to use two seperate reverse files for each block of 254 or
> can I create a single reverse file?

DNS reverse zones are based on octets, i.e. /8, /16 or /24. If you
create a single reverse zone at the /16 level, then you'll propagate
bogus authority information and blind your nameserver to everything else
in the /16.

Translation: create 2 /24 zones instead.


- Kevin