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Re: Question about bind configuration.



On 07 Jul 1997 13:23:32 PDT Rob Browning (rlb@cs.utexas.edu) wrote:

> I was trying to set up bind for a small (half class C) subnet, and
> bind seemed to refuse to do the reverse lookups for the subnet unless
> I set it up to handle the entire C subnet.  Is there some kind of
> masking trick I'm not aware of, or is there somewhere I should RTFM?
> I didn't see anything in the docs or a book I had...

Reverse maps need to include at least a full class C subnet, yes, unfortunately.
It's because reverse lookups work by doing recursive lookups in the in-addr.arpa "special" domain.

Reverse looking up 127.3.4.5 will end up lookup up 5.4.3.127.in-addr.arpa.
The minimum reverse table you need to have is 4.3.127.in-addr.arpa.

Phil.



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