RFC2317 issues

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> Greetings,
> 
> A Google Groups search on RFC2317 was a great help to understanding RFC2317
> a little better (not to mention the RFC itself), but I'm still running into
> some problems I hope somebody can help me with.
> 
> I'm using Bind 8.2.3.
> 
> We have been assigned a subnet of 204.144.241.64/26.
> 
> My /etc/named.conf entry looks thus:
> 
> -----------------------------------------
> 
> zone   "26/64.241.144.204.in-addr.arpa" {
>         type master;
>         file "db.204.144.241";
> };
> 
> -----------------------------------------
> 
> My (abridged) zone file looks like:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> $ORIGIN 26/64.241.144.204.in-addr.arpa.
> $TTL 86400
> 
> @ IN SOA hadrian.fpcc.net. hostmaster.fpcc.net. (
>                         13      ; Serial
>                         10800   ; Refresh after 3 hours
>                         3600    ; Retry after 1 hour
>                         604800  ; Expire after 1 week
>                         86400 ) ; Minimum TTL of 1 day
> 
> ;
> ; Name Servers
> ;
> 
> @               NS      ns0.fpcc.net.
> @               NS      ns1.fpcc.net.
> 
> 
> 65              PTR          host1.fpcc.net.
> 66              PTR          host2.fpcc.net.
> 
> (...)
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> The problem is that I cannot reverse-resolve.  Various dig's report the
> CNAME, but I cannot actually get a reverse lookup:
> 
> $ dig -x 204.144.241.65
> ..
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> 65.241.144.204.in-addr.arpa. 43200 IN	CNAME	65.26/64.241.144.204.in-addr.ar
> pa.
> ..
> 
> $ nslookup 204.144.241.65
> Server:		192.168.0.14
> Address:	192.168.0.14#53
> 
> ** server can't find 65.241.144.204.in-addr.arpa.: NXDOMAIN
> 
> Any help in pointing out what I'm doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kirk
> 

	Your ISP has not delegated 26/64.241.144.204.in-addr.arpa
	to you yet.
	
	Mark

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> 26/64.241.144.204.in-addr.arpa ns 
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	26/64.241.144.204.in-addr.arpa, type = NS, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
241.144.204.in-addr.arpa.  2h54m41s IN SOA  coop.net. hostmaster.coop.net. (
					2002053102	; serial
					12H		; refresh
					30M		; retry
					2W		; expiry
					12H )		; minimum


;; Total query time: 0 msec
;; FROM: drugs.dv.isc.org to SERVER: default -- 127.0.0.1
;; WHEN: Sat Jun 22 10:45:21 2002
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 48  rcvd: 103

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