I have a simple doc fix if someone would like to submit it. It could be a tricky error for people who try to follow the example. In: http://www.us.debian.org/doc/manuals/network-administrator/ch-bind.html#s8.4 .2.2 file "192.168.100.rev"; Should be: file "192.168.100.db"; I like the ".db" name over ".rev", as reverse is clearly indicated by "in-addr.arpa". CJ