Re: [cobalt-users] DNS Entries

[Matt Barton <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 29 Jul 2001, Bradley Caricofe wrote:

> Hello Again, I have a quick DNS question.  My RaQ3 currently has 4 ip
> addresses.  The first two are used for primary and secondary DNS and
> to host the primary website onthe machine.  The 3rd ip is used for
> name based hosting, and I parked a domain on the 4th just so my ISP
> lets me keep it (apparently they take them back if not used for more
> than 30 days due to the shortage?).  My question is this, when using
> apache's name based hosting feature do I need to, or should I for that
> matter, set a Reverse Address Record (PTR) for the domains that will
> be using that IP?  I have a lot to learn about DNS.  Thanks in
> advance.

You can only have one reverse record for an IP address.  Either pick one
of your domains to be the reverse record or use something like the FQDN of
your server.

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