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[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> Mark_Andrews at isc.org wrote:
> 
> >         The nameservers for 31.216.209.in-addr.arpa only use a 8k buffer
> >         for their TCP response.  Unfortunately they seem to want to put
> >         every name under the sun into this RRset and overflow this buffer.
> >
> >         Mark
> 
> They probably use an automated script to generate the reverse zones...
> 
> Thing is... even w/ multiple in-addrs, isn't the only relevant one the first
> one for a particular address? (so if it DID work, the only entry returned
> would be  the name of the first one on that list....)
> 
> isnt this is why on name based virtual web domains the real ip of the server
> (in this case 209.216.31.2) should be called something like
> vserver.domain.com, and a single 2.31.216.209.in-addr ptr record pointing to
> vserver.domain.com is all that would have been needed. The other domains
> listed should not have a ptr pointing to them. In the forward zone file they
> should be cnames and not A records....
> 
> or do I have something misunderstood somewhere?

	I only ever list one name, the one I deem to be the official name for
	the box.  I also ensure that there is a A record for that name.
	As for the other names being hosted by the web server, it does
	not matter if they are A / CNAME records.

	Mark
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