Dumb question - DNS done by me or ISP

[Steven M. Klass]

So, do I need to create the 127.0.0 file at all?  Is that what you 
mean?  Also, why when I type in nslookup on my dns box, do I get the prompt

Default Server: bubba
Address: 0.0.0.0

I thought it would say

Default Server: bubba
Address: 127.0.0.1

as the example states?  Any ideas?

Thanks
Steven

At 05:41 PM 7/12/00 -0400, Joseph S D Yao wrote:
>On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 02:18:06PM -0700, Steven M. Klass wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >       I've got the IP 216.160.204.35.  This is owned by my ISP.  In 
> setting up
> > bind is it necessary for me to create the zone files for
> > 216.160.204.35.?  If they are doing the DNS for that IP, I should never
> > have to create a zone file for it, unless if I lease the IP from them
> > right?  If that is true then, is it ok for my named.conf file to look like
> > this?
>
>These are totally separate questions.
>
>Yes, the reverse-DNS zone file for 127.0.0.1 looks fins.
>
>"Lease"????  What do you mean?
>
>If you have been assigned only a single IP address by your ISP, you
>don't really need to set up a reverse-DNS zone for it.  If it is a
>static assignment, you might want to ask them nicely to set the reverse
>DNS to point to your name for it, if you really want that.  They might
>say yes.  If it is a dynamic assignment, then you have to do some
>tricky stuff just to get forward DNS to work right, and don't bother
>with reverse DNS.  ;-]
>
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