RE(2): $GENERATE

[Kris McElroy]

So if I want the Reverse
 $GENERATE       0-255   $       PTR     67.65.247.$.duracom.net. 

to be the "Standard" format I need, do I set my forward like this:


$GENERATE       0-255   67.65.247.$ A

OR

$GENERATE       0-255   67.65.247.$ A 67.65.246.$



Thanks,
 
Kris McElroy
kmcelroy at duracom.net
 
Chief Technology Officer
Duracom, INC.
www.duracom.net

-----Original Message-----
From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On Behalf
Of Barry Margolin
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 8:11 PM
To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
Subject: Re: $GENERATE

In article <d3mlbb$16uv$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "Kris McElroy" <kmcelroy at duracom.net> wrote:

> REVERSE ZONE ENTRY:
>  
> 
> $GENERATE       0-255   $       PTR     67.65.247.$.duracom.net.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Db.duracom.net Zone File:
> 
>  
> 
> $GENERATE       0-255   $.sb247 A       67.65.247.$
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> I am trying to make sure that the two are the same, that the
> 67.65.247.1.duracom.net as the reverse is the same as the forward record?
> According to this http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ptr.ch?ip=67.65.247.1  

Your general approach is right, but the forward and reverse naming 
schemes don't match.  In the forward domain, the names are

###.sb247.duracom.net

but in the reverse domain they're

67.65.247.###.duracom.net

You need to pick one naming convention and use it in both places.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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