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color=#0000ff size=2>I've always assumed that the ";..." line in the example
zone file right after the SOA record and the (...) in the SOA record
itself meant that such information about the parent zone
2.0.192.in-addr.arpa had been intentionally left out for the sake of
brevity and clarity.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> bind-users-bounces@lists.isc.org
[mailto:bind-users-bounces@lists.isc.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jack
Tavares<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:54 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
bind-users@lists.isc.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> is this a valid zone
file?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Lucida Console" color=#000000 size=2>Looking at
rfc2317</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="lucida console" size=2>I see the example zone
file</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="lucida console" size=2><PRE>$ORIGIN 2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.
@ IN SOA my-ns.my.domain. hostmaster.my.domain. (...)
;...
; <<0-127>> /25
0/25 NS ns.A.domain.
0/25 NS some.other.name.server.
;
1 CNAME 1.0/25.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.
2 CNAME 2.0/25.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.
3 CNAME 3.0/25.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.
;
; <<128-191>> /26
128/26 NS ns.B.domain.
128/26 NS some.other.name.server.too.
;
129 CNAME 129.128/26.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.
130 CNAME 130.128/26.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.
131 CNAME 131.128/26.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.
;
; <<192-255>> /26
192/26 NS ns.C.domain.
192/26 NS some.other.third.name.server.
;
193 CNAME 193.192/26.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.
194 CNAME 194.192/26.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.
195 CNAME 195.192/26.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Lucida Console" color=#000000 size=2><FONT
face="times new roman" size=3>That has no NS server defined for the zone, just
the ranges of the zone.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Lucida Console" color=#000000 size=2><FONT
face="times new roman" size=3>Is that valid?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Lucida Console" color=#000000 size=2><FONT
face="times new roman" size=3>o</FONT></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Lucida Console" size=2>--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Lucida Console" size=2>Jack
Tavares</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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