nsupdate: A records (glue) in reverse zones

Mark Andrews Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Thu Oct 26 14:58:32 UTC 2006


> Hi Ralf,
> 
> On Thursday 26 October 2006 15:19, Kleinfeld, Ralf wrote:
> 
> > > the problem is that I am unable to create an A record in a reverse zone
> > > (for glue reasons).
> 
> > you won't need glue records in reverse zones, because the hostnames of the
> > name server to which you delegate a subdomain will never be in the
> > delegated zone.
> 
> Right. Thanks for clarifying.
> Anyway - is it possible - just out of curiosity?

	Yes.  It is possible to add A records.   You can't add
	arbitary glue with UPDATE (this applies to all zones) which
	is why you got the rcode NOTZONE.  You can add glue which
	is beneath the zone however.
 
> Thanks,
> Sven
> 
> 
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