master zone "in-addr.arpa" (IN) rejected due to errors

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 01:54:01AM -0700,
 zoe.goodchild at bexley.gov.uk <zoe.goodchild at bexley.gov.uk> wrote 
 a message of 48 lines which said:

> As you can see there are a few of the BOS_ entries that you say are
> not allowed.

I do not say it. RFC 1123 says it ("2.1 Host Names and Numbers").

> @	IN	SOA	.	root.jupiter.
                        ^
                        It should be an host name, a primary name
			server

> 		IN	NS	.
                                ^
                                It should be an host name, a name
				server

> 127.0.0.1               IN      PTR     localhost.

This one will not give the expected result :-)

> BoS_01687.	IN	A	172.xx.xx.xxx

This one is illegal (see Kevin Darcy's message).

> I've edited out the IP's.

Stupid idea (specially for private addresses).