reverse zone file network portion

[Barry Margolin]

In article <bmk01r$15e0$1 at sf1.isc.org>, ChrisC <chris at issolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>Hello
>
>I am setting up a reverse zone file for a network portion give to us
>by our isp.
>
>I have 213.161.84.64/27, but for some reason the reverse zone only
>works if I specify 84.161.213.in.addr.arpa but not
>64/27.84.161.213.in.addr.arpa or 64-95.84.161.213.in.addr.arpa (I take
>it these mean the same). Is this because the isp has to delegate
>something ?

Yes, the ISP has to delegate the subdomain and create a bunch of CNAME
records, following the scheme defined in RFC 2317.  It doesn't look like
they have.  Once they do it, they'll tell you the specific naming
convention they used for it.

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