Problems creating reverse ip6.arp zone with bitstrings

[Mark Andrews]

> Hi,
> 
> I'm having some trouble creating a proper zone file for my reverse 
> ip6.arp zone with bitstrings. My normal zone & ip6.int zone are already 
> working.
> 
> For the prefix: 2001:1234:5678
> On top of my zone file I have:
> $ORIGIN \[x200112345678/48].ip6.arpa.
> 
> When running named-checkzone it says:
> dns_master_load: /etc/bind/db.2001:1234:5678.ip6.arpa:2: ignoring 
> out-of-zone data (\[x200112345678/48].ip6.arpa)
>
> Also \[x00000000000000000001/48] and similar are called 'bad bitstring'.
> 
> I've searched, but I haven't been able to find much documentation about 
> this.
> What am I doing wrong?
> I'm using BIND 9.2.4 (from Debian 3.1).
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Julius

	IP6.ARPA uses nibbles.  Bitstring labels are essentially
	dead.  Support for them has been removed from BIND 9.3.

	This is my IP6.INT zone.  All the PTR records are in the
	IP6.ARPA zone.  I only provide it for legacy support.
	Someday (soon hopefully) "IP6.INT. DNAME IP6.ARPA." will
	be all that is required.  Note this requires all the servers
	for the zone with the DNAME to support DNAME as the servers
	have to generate the CNAMEs on the fly.
	
	Mark

$ORIGIN .
$TTL 3600       ; 1 hour
0.2.8.0.0.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.int IN SOA bsdi.dv.isc.org. marka.isc.org. (
                                2003102600 ; serial
                                3600       ; refresh (1 hour)
                                1200       ; retry (20 minutes)
                                2419200    ; expire (4 weeks)
                                3600       ; minimum (1 hour)
                                )
                        NS      ns-ext.vix.com.
                        NS      ns-int.vix.com.
                        DNAME   0.2.8.0.0.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.

; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> -i -x 2001:470:1f00:820:208:74ff:fe9f:eeae
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 62958
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;e.a.e.e.f.9.e.f.f.f.4.7.8.0.2.0.0.2.8.0.0.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.int. IN PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
0.2.8.0.0.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.int. 3600 IN DNAME 0.2.8.0.0.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.
e.a.e.e.f.9.e.f.f.f.4.7.8.0.2.0.0.2.8.0.0.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.int. 0 IN CNAME e.a.e.e.f.9.e.f.f.f.4.7.8.0.2.0.0.2.8.0.0.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.
e.a.e.e.f.9.e.f.f.f.4.7.8.0.2.0.0.2.8.0.0.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa. 3600 IN PTR drugs.dv.isc.org.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
0.2.8.0.0.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa. 3600 IN NS ns-ext.vix.com.
0.2.8.0.0.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa. 3600 IN NS ns-int.vix.com.

;; Query time: 53 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Wed Jan 18 10:06:38 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 268

	Mark
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