NSLint and PTR Record

[Tilman Schmidt]

At 06:02 24.05.00 +0000, David Cost wrote:
>Yes, it is in the RRs record:
>first this:
>borage.com.  IN A 161.184.118.115
>mail.borage.com. IN A 161.184.118.115  ; EXTREF
>here is the offending line:
>115.118.184.161.in-addr.arpa.,type = PTR  host = mail.borage.com

There are two problems here. First, the syntax is wrong; and
second, that RR does *not* belong in the "borage.com" zone at all,
but in a completely separate zone in the in-addr.arpa domain.

It doesn't look as if the entire /24 net 161.184.118.* is yours,
so you'll have to ask your ISP for a classless in-addr.arpa
delegation according to RFC 2317. Your ISP will then tell you how
to name your in-addr.arpa zone into which you can then place your
PTR RR like this:

115 IN PTR mail.borage.com.

(And don't forget the trailing dot!)

HTH

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