Somewhat OT: Getting control of reverse for my Qwest.net /29

[Marco Benton - BOFH]

Robert Moskowitz wrote:

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> 
> I just went through this with my /26 at DSL.NET.
> 
> You have to learn your ISP's procedure for non-octet aligned reverse 
> delegations.
> 
> some use n-m.x.x.x.in-addr.arpa  (n being the first and m being the last 
> address)
> 
> eg:  192-255.78.84.65.in-addr.arpa
> 
> some use n-c.x.x.x.in-addr.arpa  (n being the first and c being the block size)
> 
> eg:  192-26.78.84.65.in-addr.arpa
> 
> With this delegation, your work is easy, just supply the PTR records for 
> ALL the addresses (even those that are your network and broadcast 
> addresses). For those addresses without any host, use y.x.x.x.client.domain.com
> 
> The ISP has the real work, but thanks to $GENERATE, it is not all that hard 
> (the RFC was written before the $GENERATE).
> 
> Finally, get yourself someone to secondary your new zone.  Your ISP may 
> wash their hands, saying, 'its all yours'.  get someone on a different ISP, 
> preferably geographically different area to be your seconday.  And consider 
> returing the favor.
> 

http://www.twisted4life.com  does free secondary hosting.

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Marco Benton - BOFH, BSMFH
Network Consultant

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