reverse DNS problem
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Thu Oct 10 14:06:49 UTC 2002
>
> Hello,
>
> I am currently having a problem with reverse DNS where my provider
> doesn't know from where the data comes from, if I do a dig on the IP
> address I get the following result:
>
> dig -x 216.187.90.119
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28204
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;119.90.187.216.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> 119.90.187.216.in-addr.arpa. 3599 IN CNAME lord.pentragon.net.
>
> ;; Query time: 1061 msec
> ;; SERVER: 10.0.0.15#53(10.0.0.15)
> ;; WHEN: Thu Oct 10 11:46:25 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 77
>
> obviously this is quite bad but the problem, now I would like to know
> from where does this information come from ? Which DNS server does
> answer that ? How can I find this out ?
dns0.citeglobe.com
You follow the resolution process by hand starting from the
root servers and working down until you find the server that
is giving you the record. Note you need all the servers at
a given level as they may give inconsistant answers. Note
also that you may get a cached answer.
dig 119.90.187.216.in-addr.arpa +norec @a.root-servers.net
dig 119.90.187.216.in-addr.arpa +norec @ARROWROOT.ARIN.NET
dig 119.90.187.216.in-addr.arpa +norec @NS1VAN.PEER1.NET
dig 119.90.187.216.in-addr.arpa +norec @NS2VAN.PEER1.NET
dig 119.90.187.216.in-addr.arpa +norec @dns0.citeglobe.com
Mark
>
> Many thanks
>
> Regards
>
>
--
Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at isc.org
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