Originally I had the server at home and on Comcast so I used dyndns.org for
DNS.
Once the server got a bit more popular, I leased a server at a colo facility. They set up the server name in their
DNS so I didn't really have any reason to manage my own
DNS. DynDNS was managing the domains and I had a reverse lookup for the server so mail was being delivered.
Recently I upgraded server to a more powerful server and this time they didn't add the server to their
DNS. When I asked them about it, they offered to manage my
DNS for me for a few bucks per domain or they'd delegate it to me.
I checked DynDNS and they'll manage the reverse lookup but it's a few extra bucks. May as well have the ISP manage it as it's a few bucks less if I go that way.
But I've administered bind in the past for entire address ranges so rather than pay someone else to manage it, I'd rather do it myself. Both to save a few bucks but also to keep my fingers in
DNS management.
So I got my domain files set up without a problem but I'm not sure how to set up a reverse lookup file for a single or two addresses. I want to make sure it's right before I flip the switch so I thought I'd drop a quick note here and see what sort of response I get
Code:
# cat 172.111.65.in-addr.arpa
$ORIGIN .
$TTL 86400 ; 1 day
172.111.65.IN-ADDR.ARPA IN SOA ns1.youreadumbass.org. hostmaster.schelin.org. (
1 ; serial
10800 ; refresh (3 hours)
3600 ; retry (1 hour)
604800 ; expire (1 week)
3600 ; minimum (1 hour)
)
IN NS ns1.youreadumbass.org.
$ORIGIN 172.111.65.IN-ADDR.ARPA.
167 IN PTR youreadumbass.org.
168 IN PTR youreadumbass.org.
Ultimately I believe I'd have the same two PTR records for each of the domains. And I'll contact the ISP to delegate the two IP's to my control with them as my secondary or maybe DynDNS.
So, opinions? Suggestions? Go read the Cricket book?
Thanks.
Carl
