Newbie Zone File Question
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Tue Dec 23 22:24:23 UTC 2003
> I finally got my first dns server working. YeeHaa!
>
> I am using BIND 8 and have the following files:
>
> named.conf (with a forwarder defined, a nameserver at my isp)
>
> named.ca (My cache file with only my name server as root server)
This should have the real root servers in it.
> my_domain.zone (I have four hosts in this file counting the name server
> and localhost)
>
> my_domain_rev.zone (I have three hosts in this file counting the name
> server)
>
> local.rev (I have one host in this file, 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa.)
>
> It works fine.
>
> I have a couple of questions with respect to expanding my nameserver.
>
> Currently I am providing name resolution for one subnet only, 192.168.1.0
>
> I have two others: 192.168.2.0 and 192.168.3.0
>
> My question is:
>
> Can I just add hosts on these other subnets to my zone file
> (my_domain.zone above) or do I need a zone for each subnet?
Insufficient information. You have failed to give the name of the
zone you currently have configured.
168.192.in-addr.arpa or 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
If you use 168.192.in-addr.arpa you can add the records for all
three ranges.
If you use 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa you will need to create
2.168.192.in-addr.arpa and 3.168.192.in-addr.arpa.
> How about the in-addr.arpa file for my zone (my_domain.zone above)?
You should NOT use IN-ADDR.ARPA. You have NOT been delegated
IN-ADDR.ARPA. RFC 1918 delegates 168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA to you
and everyone who uses the address space defined there.
Also if you use IN-ADDR.ARPA you will block reverse lookups for
other sites.
> Thanks,
>
> Tom Naves
>
>
>
>
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Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
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