SOA name (was: Re: Dubugging question)

[DanO]

Bill,
Switch to Decaf.
& you you did ask a multiple part question, for which I tried to give you a
couple of pointers on what I found wrong.
    You, responded with sarcasim.
    So you want to know why they set it up like that, ask them.
I found connectivity problems with all the hosts listed in the SOA record.
There are "A" records missing, and it seems to me that is the start of your
problems.
    As for your ref to pg62 ,look on page 63 you will see the A records I
was talking about.
DanO
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Moseley <moseley at hank.org>
To: <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 1:39 PM
Subject: SOA name (was: Re: Dubugging question)



The first name listed on the SOA record is "the name of the primary master"
(p62 DNS & Bind).

My question is what is that name used for in DNS.  As DanO
<express at fastdial.net> pointed out in private email that the zone I was
asking about ( ci.cerritos.ca.us ) has a missing dot so their SOA:

$ORIGIN ci.cerritos.ca.us.
@                       1H IN SOA       smtp.ci.cerritos.ca.us hostmaster (

What kind of problems will that cause?

Also, my previous question was about why smtp was authoritative for the
zone (and even listed as the primary master in the SOA, but not listed in
the zone's NS records and what reason, besides a mistake, they are doing
such a thing -- especially since I've been having problems contacting
either of the listed NS.


Thanks,

Bill Moseley
mailto:moseley at hank.org