[ale] Question DNS Reverse Zones

[Lightner, Jeff]

You ought to be able to get the ISP to delegate the lookup for your
range of IPs to your DNS servers and you can setup your own arpa reverse
zone to cover the range.   

 

Proper reverse lookup is important for your mail server if nothing else
as many folks will treat you as a spammer if they can't resolve your IP.


 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Michael Trausch
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 10:15 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] Question DNS Reverse Zones

 

Reverse delegation isn't possible with IPv4 records with CIDR subnets.
Well, kind of. Not in a std way, anyway. IPv
6 records support it because of their nybble granularity.

Anyway, your ISP will have a procedure to use for asking for an rDNS
update. It is probably buried somewhere though.

  Mike

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On Oct 11, 2010 9:49 PM, "Chuck Payne" <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> My ips has given me a block of 16 ips, but I issue because they
> haven't set up a reverse zone. Can I take those up and set up a
> reverse zone on my own DNS? I did try, but it's now working.
> 
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