[ale] Question DNS Reverse Zones

[Chuck Payne]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> 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
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> 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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I have to say that Milt (Net2Atlanta) was quick to get me set up last
night when I asked about set PTR for my ip.

Thanks guys.


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