IPv6 Reverse Lookup bind9

Jim Reid jim at rfc1035.com
Wed Sep 22 11:28:36 UTC 2004


>>>>> "Helmut" == Helmut Schneider <jumper99 at gmx.de> writes:

    Helmut> Hi, using http://www.fpsn.net/index.cgi#results I tried to
    Helmut> setup an RLZ but I am not able to resolve. root at ns1:/root#
    Helmut> host 2001:600:1003::2:0:1 Host \[x20010600100300000000000200000001/128].ip6.arpa not
    Helmut> found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

    Helmut> The zonefile entries are: $ORIGIN
    Helmut> 2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.3.0.0.1.0.0.6.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.
    Helmut> 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0 IN PTR ns1.mydomain.
    Helmut> 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0 IN PTR ns1.mydomain.

    Helmut> What am I missing?

You're using a broken version of host. It's converting the IPv6
address into a bit-string label domain name for looking up in the
DNS. Bit-string labels are deprecated. And besides, that bit-string
label -- \[x20010600100300000000000200000001/128] -- isn't in the
ip6.arpa zone. So it's no surprise you get an NXDOMAIN response.
Try using an up to date version of host.



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