From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 4 20:40:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DB231065700 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 20:40:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: from mx1.identry.com (on.identry.com [66.111.0.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93CAE8FC1D for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 20:40:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: (qmail 45972 invoked by uid 89); 3 Apr 2008 16:13:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.110?) (jalmberg@75.127.142.66) by 66.111.0.196 with ESMTPA; 3 Apr 2008 16:13:24 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <3D3F9F03-11A2-46CB-9E1D-B469181B024A@identry.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: John Almberg Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 12:11:00 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Subject: Tinydns configuration... works, but no reverse dns X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:40:06 -0000 I am using tinydns on my FreeBSD server. Normal DNS lookups work fine, but I can't get reverse DNS to work. My colocation provider says they have delegated DNS to my name servers. If there is a way to independently verify this, I don't know how to do it, so I am taking their word for it. My data file looks like this: # DNS .identry.com:66.111.0.195:ns0.identry.com .identry.com:66.111.0.252:ns1.identry.com .0.111.66.in-adr.arpa::ns0.identry.com:259200 .0.111.66.in-adr.arpa::ns1.identry.com:259200 # # Server Addresses # =on.identry.com:66.111.0.194:3600 =www.identry.com:66.111.0.206:3600 +identry.com:66.111.0.206 @identry.com::mx1.identry.com.:10:3600 =mx1.identry.com:66.111.0.196 When I run tinydns-get on the mx record, I get this: [root@on /usr/local/etc/tinydns/root]# tinydns-get a mx1.identry.com 1 mx1.identry.com: 149 bytes, 1+1+2+4 records, response, authoritative, noerror query: 1 mx1.identry.com answer: mx1.identry.com 86400 A 66.111.0.196 authority: identry.com 259200 NS ns0.identry.com authority: identry.com 259200 NS ns1.identry.com additional: ns0.identry.com 259200 A 66.111.0.195 additional: ns1.identry.com 259200 A 66.111.0.252 However, when I try to do a reverse look up, I get nada: [root@on /usr/local/etc/tinydns/root]# tinydns-get ptr 196.0.111.66.in-addr.arpa 12 196.0.111.66.in-addr.arpa: This set up worked at my previous colocation provider, so I suspect there is something different about they way they are delegating, but I'm far from a DNS expert. Any advice, much appreciated. Thanks: John