[OT] Reverse DNS

Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha strange at nsk.no-ip.org
Fri Jun 25 20:11:44 UTC 2004


On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 04:05:56PM -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
> I'm having a discussion with my boss over reverse DNS and I want to know  
> if my logic is correct.  Who exactly resolves the reverse DNS queries?  I  
> say it's the name server that serves up the regular DNS, but my boss  
> insists it is our ISP which isn't our primary DNS provider.  Is there any  
> DNS FAQ's that explain this.  I thought I knew how this worked, but now  
> I'm confused.

The DNS-HOWTO has useful information regarding delegation of reverse
zones (section 4.5).

In short, your boss is right, but you can have your ISP delegate your IP
zone to your servers.

Regards,
Luciano Rocha

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