Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 23:52:24 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Cc: Peter Brezny <peter@sysadmin-inc.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: general question re: PTR records. Message-ID: <3A581228.2DBAD34C@softweyr.com> References: <000101c0781d$9b4a5ae0$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com> <E14Eza7-000DmA-00@rip.psg.com> <3A5808B5.6ECDBAA1@softweyr.com> <E14F91S-00068O-00@rip.psg.com>
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Randy Bush wrote:
>
> >>> jack.com. IN A x.y.z.q
> >>> ...
> >>> q.z.y.x-in.addr.arpa. IN PTR jack.com.
> >> hint: what would be the label of such a zone? i.e. what is the label on the
> >> soa?
> > The domain in reverse, i.e.
> > 42.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA
> > would begin the SOA record for a 192.168.42 address.
>
> then how would one find the jack.com. name in the 42.168.192.in-addr.arpa.
> zone?
One would not find jack.com. in that zone.
One might find 12.42.168.192.in-addr.arpa with a PTR value of "jack.com".
If one wanted to find jack.com, one would look in the .com domain. If one
was interested in success, that is.
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