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Re: Slow DNS Lookup (4TH POSTING)



On Wednesday 28 February 2001 14:40, Leonard Leblanc wrote:
> > budr@twocups:~$ dig -x 64.59.157.18
> >
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > 18.157.59.64.in-addr.arpa.  1H IN PTR  64-59-157-18.ivideon.com.
> >
> > budr@twocups:~$ dig soa 18.157.59.64.in-addr.arpa
> >
> > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> > 157.59.64.in-addr.arpa.  1H IN SOA  ns1.ivideon.com. isp.videon.ca.
> > (
> >
> >
> > Looks like your upstream has not made a reverse DNS entry for your
> > domain.  That can cause all kinds of subtle and not so subtle
> > problems.
>
> How would I go about fixing this?

Since they are listed as SOA for the reverse domain, you can't fix it.  
You have to convince them to add the relevant entries. 

-- 
Bud Rogers <budr@sirinet.net>   http://www.sirinet.net/~budr
All things in moderation.  And not too much moderation either.



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