Forward and Inverse???

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> My ISP says they can act as secondary DNS and synchronize with my primary
> DNS server.  After giving them the domain name and ip address, they sent me
> the following e-mail.  Can someone help me and tell me what a forward and
> inverse resolution zone is?

	It's normally reverse not inverse (your ISP really should stick to
	common terminology).  Anyway a forward zone maps from name to
	address (e.g. example.com).  A reverse zone maps from address to
	name (e.g. 1.2.10.in-addr.arpa).

	Mark

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> We need:
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>  -- The specific domain to pull from their nameserver;
>  -- The IP address of the nameserver(s) to pull from;
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> They need to:
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>  -- Configure the zone to allow transfers from F.NS.DNS.NET (if it
>  is a forward resolution zone) or I.NS.DNS.NET (if it is an inverse
>  resolution zone).
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Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc. / Internet Software Consortium
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