Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ4 nslookup doesn't work

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > If you do not have a full /24 network, you may need to
> > contact your ISP and tell them you want PTR records in
> > accordance with RFC-2317.
>
> Call me ignorant, but there's not much call in my experience for PTR records.
If I was you I would configure my NS to be primary for
> the whole class C, simply because there are so many hoops otherwise, and the
downside is so small.
>
> What is the downside, anyway?? (Apart from NSLookup not working if the default
host doesn't have a PTR of course, which the above
> solves if you control the NS.)
>

All depends on being correct or not.
There are millions of incorrect nameservers out there.
If no one followed the rules, how would the Internet work.
Do it right!

Gerald