Re: automatic reverse and forwarding zones

grant> I'd be interested in learning what other things /require/ or are grant> at least predicated on having PTR records for IPs. Been a few years since I last delved but was appalled at some of the pointless uses of rev-ptrs. NYT used to require it to let you connect to their website, as one such

Re: TSIG DDNS and windows clients

rharolde> Thanks for the link. Lots of pieces to get working there. Not rharolde> nearly as simple as TSIG. But good if you are already using rharolde> Kerberos. MS active directory is kerberos under the hood. You don't need to run a classic mit/hesiod KDC to get GSS-TSIG to work. But it is crypti

Re: search and ndots support in bind utilities

pemensik> I am aware search is a no-no in DNS community. However, is pemensik> there any public documentation to this change? Is there RFC pemensik> recommending not to use search or how it should be used, pemensik> related to today's top level domains? pemensik> While I agree it is dangerous, the

Re: Security Advisory: Server Lockup Upon IXFR or DDNS Update Combined with High Query Rate

larissas> When an authoritative server processes a successful IXFR larissas> transfer or a dynamic update, there is a small window of time larissas> during which the IXFR/update coupled with a query may cause a larissas> deadlock to occur. The issue is a write lock. The bug can be triggered by an

Re: Typo in 9.7.3 Announcement

bsfinkel> In the posting and on the ISC release notes page on the web, bsfinkel> under "Feature Changes" - the first heading "9.7.2" should bsfinkel> read "9.7.3". No, it's correct. Those were new features in 9.7.2. 9.7.3 has a number of bug fixes but no "new" features over 9.7.2. But it's good

Re: "Success resolving" messages and can I Ignore them?

martin> there is a recurring message in named.log that goes something martin> like: martin> success resolving 'www.pbs.org/A' (in 'pbs.org'?) after martin> reducing the advertised EDNS UDP packet size to 512 octets martin> What category of message is this called and can I put something martin>

Re: PTR delegation

ScottH> Given an ip of 64.84.37.2 ScottH> $dig -x 64.84.37.2 ScottH> 2.37.84.64.in-addr.arpa. 3589 IN PTR capone.hostwizard.com. ScottH> $dig 37.84.64.in-addr.arpa NS ScottH> 37.84.64.in-addr.arpa. 3538IN NS ns1.nacio.com. ScottH> 37.84.64.in-addr

Re: PTR delegation

ScottH> 1) Is it possible to determine what ip range/space has been ScottH> given to user of that IP space? For example, in a colocation ScottH> environment, I am given say, a /24, and I want to look that up ScottH> and see if it really is a /24. I have found the -x option which ScottH> is makin