subnets et in-addr.arpa

[Mark Andrews]

> Hello  /dev/smthing
> 
> /dev/rob0 a =E9crit :
> 
> > On Tuesday 2005-August-16 02:41, cmic wrote:
> > > > Of course it is, why not? Your zone would be "21.172.in-addr.arpa."
> >
> > > 172.21.36.12 and 172.21.39.254 for example. This is why I post this
> > > request.
> >
> > And you'll be authoritative for 172.21.0.0 through 172.21.255.255. Is
> > that a problem for you? Does someone else "own" the rest of that /16?
> > You are aware that it's a reserved netblock, yes?
> 
> Alas yes, the other subnets (particularly the neighbours) are reserved.
> In fact the French ministery decided one day to allocate chunks of
> "private" adresses for the 60000 and some users. So I am stuck with
> 172.21.36.0/22 . I have solved part of the problem making this in
> named.conf:
> 
> zone "21.172.in-addr.arpa" {
>    file "xxx";
>    ...
> };
> 
> And in file xxx :
> .=2E.
> $ORIGIN 36.21.172.in-addr.arpa.
> 12    PTR nacre.socio.prv.
> 6     PTR another.socio.prv.
> $ORIGIN 37.21.172.in-addr.arpa.
> 6     PTR babel.socio.prv.
> $ORIGIN 39.21.172.in-addr.arpa.
> 254    PTR fw4.socio.prv.
> .=2E.
> It works, though not elegant enough. (my point of view).
> Thank for your help

	And a VERY BAD IDEA given that you say the other address space is
	allocated.
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> 
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