Reverse mapping

[Cricket Liu]

> Is it possible to map a 10.x.x.x network in a one zone file. That is to
use
> only the first octet in named.conf. (10.in-addr.arpa) or
> (*.*:*.10.in-addr.arpa).

Sure.  You'd create a zone data file for 10.in-addr.arpa and
tell the name server it's authoritative for that zone with:

primary    10.in-addr.arpa    db.10

or

zone "10.in-addr.arpa" {
    type master;
    file "db.10";
};

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