Re: [cobalt-users] bind bug on reverse dns

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

BG> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 00:06:20 -0400
BG> From: Bill Gunning


BG> If you go to the dos prompt and type tracert 62.171.199.74 it should
BG> come back with the domain name, but if it comes back with the
BG> same ip address then the reverse is not setup. For example
BG> type tracert yahoo then when you get the ip address type
BG> tracert {ip address}  ... and see what happens...

*nod*

He was asking to find _where_ reverse DNS was not configured.  To
check this, one performs a series of DNS queries, beginning at
the roots and following the authority trail.


Eddy
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