private address 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x on a public dns

[Chris Buxton]

While it's certainly unusual to do so, there's nothing actually wrong  
(at a DNS level) with creating the requested record. They just need to  
be aware that this record will not work outside the organization (or  
more accurately, outside the NAT server).

It may be time to create a private version of the zone, possibly on a  
different name server (or in a different view on the same name server).

Chris Buxton
Professional Services
Men & Mice

On Apr 25, 2008, at 1:39 AM, roger wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to find some information that I already believe to be
> true.
>
> I belive: You shouldn't configure a DNS, that answers queries to the
> internet, with a host that will point to a private address.
>
>
> Our engineering department wants me to do the following:
>
> host      IN       A     192.168.99.154
>
> on a nameserver that answers queries to the internet.
>
>
> I feel this is wrong, I think this is not allowed, but I can not find
> the RFC, book, internet article that will support my claim. My google-
> foo has failed me. Can anyone lend a helping hand, or if someone can
> lead me to documentation that says it is ok to do so would also be
> helpful.
>
> Best Regards,
> Roger Murray
>