PTR & SOA - adding new domain

Cricket Liu cricket at acmebw.com
Sun Oct 24 18:35:55 UTC 1999


> 160.4.216 :
> @  IN SOA zeus.idws.com. hostmaster.zeus.idws.com. (
>     99102403 ;
>     10800  ;
>     3600  ;
>     3600000  ;
>     86400 )  ;
> @  IN NS zeus.idws.com.
> 34.160.4.216 IN PTR  zeus.idws.com.
> 38.160.4.216  IN PTR tonyds.co.za.
> 38.160.4.216 IN PTR idws.com.
> 38.160.4.216 IN PTR apollo.idws.com.

All of these PTR records are syntactically incorrect.  They should say, for
example:

34    IN    PTR    zeus.idws.com.

or

34.160.4.216.in-addr.arpa.    IN    PTR    zeus.idws.com.

> tonyds.co.za
> @  IN SOA zeus.idws.com. hostmaster.zeus.idws.com. (
>     99102405 ;
>     10800  ;
>     3600  ;
>     3600000  ;
>     86400 )  ;
>   IN NS zeus.idws.com.
>   IN NS apollo.idws.com.
>   IN A 216.4.160.34
>   IN PTR 216.4.160.38

This PTR record is 1) in the wrong file and 2) in the wrong syntax.  Delete
it.

cricket

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