forward name resolution OK, but reverse doesn't work ...

Mark Andrews marka at isc.org
Sat Jun 18 00:54:55 UTC 2011


The root servers no longer serve arpa or in-addr.arpa.

See the following for where to transfer these zones from
now.  http://seclists.org/nanog/2011/Feb/1453

Mark

In message <4DFB848A.1080504 at vr-web.de>, Thomas Schweikle writes:
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> Hi!
> 
> I am having some problem with my nameserver:
> 
> It resolves forward:
> !user at ks1:~$ host google.com
> !google.com has address 74.125.79.147
> !google.com has address 74.125.79.99
> !google.com has address 74.125.79.104
> !google.com mail is handled by 50 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com.
> !google.com mail is handled by 10 aspmx.l.google.com.
> !google.com mail is handled by 20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.
> !google.com mail is handled by 30 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.
> !google.com mail is handled by 40 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com.
> 
> But not reverse:
> !user at ks1:~$ host 74.125.79.99
> !Host 99.79.125.74.in-addr.arpa not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
> 
> Main configuration (partly shorted):
> !options {
> !        directory       "/var/tmp/named";
> !        pid-file        "/var/run/named/named.pid";
> !        dump-file       "/var/run/named/named_dump.db";
> !        statistics-file "/var/run/named/named.stats";
> !        listen-on       { any; };
> !        #listen-on-v6   { any; };
> !        recursion yes;
> !        auth-nxdomain no;
> !};
> !
> !// slave to root name servers
> !zone "." {
> !  type slave;
> !  file "/var/cache/named/root/root.slave";
> !  masters { 192.5.5.241; };
> !  notify no;
> !};
> !
> !zone "arpa" {
> !  type slave;
> !  file "/var/cache/named/root/arpa.slave";
> !  masters { 192.5.5.241; };
> !  notify no;
> !};
> !
> !zone "in-addr.arpa" {
> !  type slave;
> !  file "/var/cache/named/root/in-addr.arpa.slave";
> !  masters { 192.5.5.241; };
> !  notify no;
> !};
> !
> !// RFC 1912 (and BCP 32 for localhost)
> !zone "localhost" {
> !  type master;
> !  file "/etc/named/master/localhost-forward.db";
> !};
> !
> !zone "127.in-addr.arpa" {
> !  type master;
> !  file "/etc/named/master/localhost-reverse.db";
> !};
> 
> localhost-forward.db:
> !$TTL 3h
> !localhost. SOA localhost. nobody.localhost. 42 1d 12h 1w 3h
> !        ; Serial, Refresh, Retry, Expire, Neg. cache TTL
> !
> !        NS      localhost.
> !
> !        A       127.0.0.1
> !        AAAA    ::1
> 
> localhost-reverse.db:
> !$TTL 3h
> !@ SOA localhost. nobody.localhost. 42 1d 12h 1w 3h
> !        ; Serial, Refresh, Retry, Expire, Neg. cache TTL
> !
> !        NS      localhost.
> !
> !1.0.0   PTR     localhost.
> !
> !1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0\
> ! PTR localhost.
> 
> The server has AFAIS all root servers available:
> !$ORIGIN .
> !$TTL 86400      ; 1 day
> !@                     IN SOA  a.root-servers.net.\
> ! nstld.verisign-!grs.com. (
> !                                2011061700 ; serial
> !                                1800       ; refresh (30 minutes)
> !                                900        ; retry (15 minutes)
> !                                604800     ; expire (1 week)
> !                                86400      ; minimum (1 day)
> !                                )
> !                        RRSIG   SOA 8 0 86400 20110624000000 (
> !                                20110616230000 34525 .
> !                    kKIgiv5epNOi/mWtHYtH/Zwj6O6pV+wB09rnMiaTrYRk
> !                    HKqH7CCBdnIei6Kc1ghTRgdPwzrpgxzB3VHH/IfjEGbM
> !                    3sNGzMOYFtykMD1xjE93hBUU08yd1ojchWW2AXayGEJZ
> !                    5UOkaiA7cN3txThTtd1/r+k1zR5pvL+S6Pt7TTE=3D )
> !$TTL 518400     ; 6 days
> !                        NS      a.root-servers.net.
> !                        NS      b.root-servers.net.
> !                        NS      c.root-servers.net.
> !                        NS      d.root-servers.net.
> !                        NS      e.root-servers.net.
> !                        NS      f.root-servers.net.
> !                        NS      g.root-servers.net.
> !                        NS      h.root-servers.net.
> !                        NS      i.root-servers.net.
> !                        NS      j.root-servers.net.
> !                        NS      k.root-servers.net.
> !                        NS      l.root-servers.net.
> !                        NS      m.root-servers.net.
> !                        RRSIG   NS 8 0 518400 20110624000000 (
> !                                20110616230000 34525 .
> !                     KgMPA/Ucp/cFQHQ36kFe8lhVV6ckJx8Zk8Mm2aiKIxOB
> !                     v9fsM3qYyGOOqnNUGPr7V0X604r5xaePysUNy0iET+Ga
> !                     9WPmPeEX9438srt54qEDCBeCqn5Zbjo1lOVTrykAvtBI
> !                     Y8ONwpp0DcDw9D7mTyBzp+ARLVG56jaZ5AucyGQ=3D )
> [... havily shortened -- the file has about 211k length ...]
> 
> Any idea, what is wrong here and where to change configuration to
> make reverse dns-lookups happen?
> 
> --=20
> Thomas
> 
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