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Re: How do I take over reverse lookups?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Carlson)
Tue Nov 10 18:51:03 1998
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:58:59 -0600 (EST)
From: Bill Carlson <wcarlson@kinzemfg.com>
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On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Matt Kaminer wrote:
>
> I recently set up a DNS server and took over my domain for the nternet.
>
> The ISP (Erols) who gave me the subclass C block is still mapping reverse
> names.
>
> How does DNS control who is in charge of the reverse lookups?
> \
> obviously when I am at my local site, my reverse name lookup file works,
> but when I traceroute or login to another site, i get the stupid erols
> names!
>
> so my question is how do you assume "authority" for reverse lookups? (I
> am, btw, the authority for forward lookups..)
>
> did this make sense?
>
> -mak
Someone enlighten Matt and myself, from what I had read/heard, you
delegate authority for reverse lookups of a subnet. Is this true?
At the class C level, of course.
Bill Carlson | Opinions expressed are my own
KINZE Manufacturing, Inc. | not my employer's.
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