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Date:      Sat, 28 Dec 2002 11:27:53 -0600
From:      Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What are the SMTP rules for sending mail to FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <5.1.1.6.2.20021228111607.0243f108@mail.go2france.com>
In-Reply-To: <3E0DD0BD.5010207@quadtelecom.com>
References:  <3E0DBCFC.5040907@quadtelecom.com>

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>Easier said than done.  I've been assigned 66.45.116.136/29 by the ISP.

.136 is not a power of 2 which is required for classless reverse 
delegation. It should be .132/29 or .140/29

>I control DNS for quadtelecom.com, but I don't control the reverse 
>lookup.  I'd like to know the exact algorithm in use, so that I can 
>negotiate with my ISP.

For sub-Class C delegation, see the DNS & BIND book, 4th edition.

1. Your ISP creates a arbitrarily named node in the reverse domain and 
delegates the zone to you:

tabak.116.45.66.in-addr.arpa. NS ns1.quadtelecom.com.
tabak.116.45.66.in-addr.arpa. NS ns2.quadtelecom.com.

2. then for each ip in your tabak subzone he create a CNAME in his NS:

133.116.45.66.in-addr.arpa. CNAME 133.tabak.116.45.66.in-addr.arpa.
.
.
.
139.116.45.66.in-addr.arpa. CNAME 139.tabak.116.45.66.in-addr.arpa.

3. then in your NS:

133.tabak.116.45.66.in-addr.arpa. PTR name.what.ever.
.
.
.
139.tabak.116.45.66.in-addr.arpa. PTR hostname.some.dom.

The rule is that the parent domain's CNAME rdata field must, of course, be 
matched the child domain's PTR owner field.

>For example, how are are hosts with multiple IP adresses handled?

put only one PTR per ip.

Len


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