Block Delegation

[Mark Damrose]

"Odhiambo Washington" <wash at wananchi.com> wrote in message
news:a6qa6t$sl1 at pub3.rc.vix.com...
>
> Hi
>
>
> I have an IP block of 212.49.74.0/24.
>
> I would like to retain 212.49.74.0/25 and then delegate 212.49.74.129/25
to
> another administrator.
>
> So if I have in my named.conf
>
> zone "74.49.212.IN-ADDR.ARPA"           { type master; file
"212.49.74.rev"; };
>
> I can go into 212.49.74.rev and put
>
> 1 IN PTR host-1.mydomain.
> 2 IN PTR host-2.mydomain.
> .
> .
>
> 129/25 IN NS 212.49.74.135
>
>
> Will this suffice for the delegation?

you will also need
129 IN CNAME 129.129/25
130 IN CNAME 130.129/25
.
.

And of course there should be 2 name servers.  It's good practice to also
slave that domain.

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>
> TIA
>
>
> -Wash
>
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