"Ghost" Host record - moving DNS to a new IP
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Fri May 10 21:50:07 UTC 2002
> In article <abfrlk$b8vh$1 at isrv4.isc.org>,
> Torsten Mueller <torsten at archesoft.de> wrote:
> >The whois links for the hosts:
> >https://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?STRING=NSD6860-HST&SearchType=ha&
> STRING2.x=24&STRING2.y=10
> >and
> >http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=NS8822-HST
> >
> >
> >Is there a way to delete this record NS8822-HST (i didn't create it) ?
> >Is there a way to find out, who created this record (to ask him/her to
> >delete the
> >record) ?
>
> As far as I know, Host objects in the ARIN database do not get put into DNS
> (glue records are never needed in IN-ADDR.ARPA). In any case, that host
> object exists because the following network registration references it.
> Most likely, it was created by the coordinator of the network, so he should
> be able to correct it.
Well I know that some of the host entries in the APNIC database
make it into the zone as the nameservers live in the reverse
zone they serve. ns1.2.3.4.in-addr.arpa is a legal hostname.
I wouldn't be suprised if ARIN and RIPE have some also.
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Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
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