NSLint and PTR Record

[David Cost]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I'll go off and do more
research as to what the separate zone in the in-addr.arpa domain is all
about, where to find it, etc., it sounds as though this zone needs to be
created or edited on Granite Canyon, but I don't know how this is done.
Also because the IP is based on a Dynamic IP that changes every few months
(on ADSL), perhaps it will not be possible as the ISP will not entertain any
requests of this type either.


"Tilman Schmidt" <Tilman.Schmidt at sema.de> wrote in message
news:4.3.1.0.20000524105338.00b8c750 at igate.sema.de...
> 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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