Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 09:35:59 -0600 From: Christopher Taylor <chris@thedial.com> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: chris@tourneyland.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Rude Replies [Was: Reverse DNS question] Message-ID: <37D7D3DF.44C3DB30@thedial.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909081106200.36303-100000@dt014nb6.san.rr.com>
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Doug wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Sep 1999 chris@tourneyland.com wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've been reading a little about DNS, inlcuding about the responsibility a > > DNS server it has for reverse DNS. For example, if I own the Class C > > 111.72.34.* (which I don't), I'm responsible for the 111.72.34.IN-ADDR.ARPA > > zone. > > That is not correct. You would be responsible for > 34.72.111.in-addr.arpa. > > > Here's my problem: I have 5 static IP addresses, that my ISP leases me > > along with my ADSL line. So, who's in charge of reverse DNS for those 5 > > addreses? > > That depends an a lot of things. You should ask your ISP. > > > Unless I'm mistaken, the granularity of reverse DNS isn't such > > that I can handle just my 5, and the ISP does the rest. > > You are mistaken. > > > Instead, I assume > > that my ISP is responsible for reverse DNS on those 5, so it's up to me to > > tell them what maps to what. This would also imply that I don't do any > > reverse DNS at all (I'm not sure what this would mean for local reverse DNS > > stuff, except that maybe it just gets forwarded like any other unknown DNS > > request). > > > > Is this correct? > > I can't make any sense at all out of this paragraph. However, you > should do two things. Buy and read the BIND book that about 14 people have > told you to buy and read so far. AFTER you are done with that, feel free > to ask some more questions, but if they are bind-only questions do it on > the bind-users list, not the freebsd lists. Second, you should contact > your ISP and get them to help you with this specific problem, since that's > what you're paying them to do, and without knowing the IP's involved there > is no way any of us can answer your questions with anything but guesses, > which are likely to be wrong. > > Doug That is one of the rudest replies to a post I've read on this last. Shame on you. Whether or not the person is misinformed doesn't make you so superior to him. --Chris -- Christopher Taylor <chris@thedial.com> theDial.com Technical Director http://www.thedial.com/ 3131 Elliott Ave, Suite 750 phone: (206) 352-8200 x2002 Seattle, WA 98121 cellular: (206) 399-7507 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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