8.4.4 reverse zone problems

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

David Price <davelist at blackhole.com> wrote:


> Chris De Young wrote:

>>>>I try to avoid Bad Things if possible. What is the correct way to handle 
>>>>this type (/20) of delegation?
>> 
>> 
>> You have to delegate it in 16 chunks, on octet boundaries. 
>> 
> I have a /20 block of IP addresses not a 16 and not a 24. How should I 
> set up the zone file to answer for these if "20.10.in-addr.arpa" as a 
> zone is a Bad Thing? Do I have any choices other than these two:

No.

> --Use "20.10.in-addr.arpa" as a zone as we have before and just accept 
> that it is a bad thing (use BIND 8.3.3 since 8.4.4 apparently refuses to 
> work with this, probably because its a bad thing)
Bad
> --Split the zone file into a bunch of smaller zones: 
> 192.20.10.in-addr.arpa, 193.20.10.in-addr.arpa, 194.20.10.in-addr.arpa, 
> and so on (a lot of extra work involved)
Correct.  And "lot of extra work" is only applicable for someone not used
to scripting. ( learn perl and find out how to "automate" routine tasks)

> -David Price



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