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Re: [cobalt-users] PTR Records
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PTR Records
- From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Feb 1 05:01:06 2001
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Ömer Barlas wrote:
> We had that problem, we have a few domains and when we enabled PTR we
> couldn't even ping them.
There just isn't any way reverse DNS, or lack of it, could affect the
ping command. Not any.
> But when we disabled it it was running smooth and
> perfect.
Did you try traceroutes so you'd know where your pings were failing?
> I believe PTR is something needed but it causes problems.
A good belief <smile>. A good start. Read some DNS books <smile,
again>.
Jeff
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