Reverse PTR when WAN is Down

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Ephraim Silverberg <ephraim at cse.huji.ac.il> wrote:

> When the WAN is down, reverse-ptr does not work even between local hosts
> since the resolver is looking for a server for IN-ADDR.ARPA despite the
> fact that all the information for local hosts is available from the LAN
> nameserver.  Any idea how I can get reverse-ptr resolution for local hosts
> to work even when the WAN is down?

Have the clients ask the nameserver that is master or slave for 
0.65.132.IN-ADDR.ARPA.   As an alternative, if you use a 
separate caching-only server that the client uses, forward that zone
to the master/slaves.

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> Any assistance would be appreciated.
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> Ephraim Silverberg, CSE System Group,        Phone number:    972-2-6585521
> Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.        Fax number:      972-2-5617723
> WWW: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~ephraim       E-mail: ephraim at cse.huji.ac.il



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