Re: [cobalt-users] in-addr.arpa question with RAQ3

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Landon Jenkins wrote:

> If I have been delegated reverse dns for two class c's and an additional
> range of xx.xxx.xxx.194 - xx.xxx.xxx.254. Is there anything additional I
> need to set up with the RAQ3's GUI DNS other than simply creating PTR's for
> all the domains?

No, that'll do it.

> Does this automatically create the xxx.xxx.xx.in-addr.arpa
> zone

Yes.

> or do I need to set this up like a domain with A records?

No.

> Also, many of
> these IP's will be used for remote access, assigned to ports. Am I correct
> that I can create A's and PTR's for something like ras-port-30.mydomain.net?

Are these "ports" in the linux sense of the word?  Somehow I don't think
so.  "ras-port-30" is simply the name of a device I'd bet.  And yes, you
can (and probably should) have both A records pointing "ras-port-30" to
an IP#, and a pointer pointing the IP# back to "ras-port-30" (and the
other RAS devices as well).

It sound's like you're taking on a rather ambitious job; you'd better
learn DNS fast, or perhaps hire a DNS consultant (ahem <smile>) or buy
outside DNS services (ahem, again <smile, again>).

Jeff
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