Problems with PTR format in reverse lookup

Barry Finkel b19141 at achilles.ctd.anl.gov
Wed Sep 29 14:11:00 UTC 2004


In article <cjbjr3$1oeg$1 at sf1.isc.org>, "ntuser" <ntuser at terra.com.br>

wrote:

> I?m having problems with spam blocklists due my PTR format in
reverse 
> lookups.
> I have the following configurarion:
> 
> /etc/named.conf
> zone "XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa" IN {
>         type master;
>         file "file.rev";
> };
> 
> /var/named/file.rev
> $TTL 3600
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa.  IN  SOA  ns1.XXX.com. srv1.XXX.com.
(
>                                       2004092805 ; Serial
>                                       36000       ; Refresh
>                                       14400      ; Retry
>                                       3600000    ; Expire
>                                       86400 )    ; Minimum
>               IN      NS      ns1.XXX.com.
>               IN      NS      ns2.XXX.com.
> ;
> 1       PTR     srv1.XXX.com
> 2       PTR     srv2.XXX.com
> 
> 
> The reverse lookup return, for example, 
> srv1.XXX.com.XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa  instead of just
srv1.XXX.com
> The spam blocklist are considering that I have a MTA under a dynamic
ip due 
> the format of this lookup.
> 
> How can I change it ?

In addition to Barry Margolin's reply, I have this:

> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa.  IN  SOA  ns1.XXX.com. srv1.XXX.com.  (

That zone name should be 

     XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa.

if you have the full /24 subnet.  There is no such IP address

     1.XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa.

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