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[Ronan Flood]

Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:

> Barry Margolin wrote:
>
> > > I know this is the Bind9 list, but...
> >No it isn't, this is the BIND list.
> I see that it is from your end.  For me it is:  bind9-users at isc.org
> 
> But what is in a name?

The two lists were merged into one recently.


> >dig version.bind txt chaos @<server-address>
> 
> I must just not get it:
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> version.bind chaos at 65.84.78.210

Typo: dig version.bind. chaos txt @65.84.78.210

;; ANSWER SECTION:
VERSION.BIND.           0       CH      TXT     "8.2.5-REL"


> >If you post your named.conf and zone files we may be able to tell you
> >what you did wrong.
> 
> Well here we go.  I should point out that my ISP has not delegated the 
> reverse for me, so I am also faking out the /24 reverse zone that would 
> have the CNAME records for my /26 (I ASSuMEd I did not have the $GENERATE 
> command, so I did it the hard way.  This will be two LONG zone files)
> 
> =====================================================================
> named.conf extract:
> 
> zone "78.84.65.in-addr.arpa" in {
>          type master;
>          file "db.78.84.65.txt";
> };
> 
> zone "192-255.78.84.65.in-addr.arpa" in {
>          type master;
>          file "db.192-255.78.84.65.txt";
> };
> 
> ========================================================
> file "db.78.84.65.txt:
> 
> ;
> ;    File:      db.78.84.65 file
> ;
> @       IN      SOA     homebase.htt-consult.com. hostmaster.htt-consult.com. (
>                  2004101402      ; serial number
>                  43200           ; refresh every 12 hours
>                  7200            ; retry after 2 hours
>                  1209600         ; expire after 2 weeks
>                  172800)         ; default ttl is 2 days
> ;
>          IN      NS      homebase.htt-consult.com.
> 
> homebase.htt-consult.com.       IN      A       65.84.78.210

That A record should not be there, it's out-of-zone.


> 192        IN   CNAME    192.192-256.78.84.65.in-addr.arpa.
> 193        IN   CNAME    193.192-256.78.84.65.in-addr.arpa.

etc

> 192-256.78.84.65.in-addr.arpa.     IN   NS       homebase.htt-consult.com.

Shouldn't all of those be .192-255. not .192-256. ?


> file "db.192-255.78.84.65.txt:
> 
> ;
> ;    File:      db.192-255.78.84.65 file
> ;
> @        IN SOA    homebase.htt-consult.com. hostmaster.htt-consult.com. (
>              2004101402   ; serial number
>              43200    ; refresh every 12 hours
>              7200     ; retry after 2 hours
>              1209600  ; expire after 2 weeks
>              172800)  ; default ttl is 2 days
> ;
>             IN   NS       homebase.htt-consult.com.
> 
> homebase.htt-consult.com.       IN      A       65.84.78.210

Again, that A record shouldn't be in this zone file.

-- 
                      Ronan Flood <R.Flood at noc.ulcc.ac.uk>
                        working for but not speaking for
             Network Services, University of London Computer Centre
     (which means: don't bother ULCC if I've said something you don't like)