Reverse Zone File

[Phil Howard]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 10:55:45AM -0500, David Coursey wrote:

| Are reverse zones set up just like forware?    I didn't get any errors
| on rebuild, but digging doesnt return anything.
|  
| nsd.zones:
| zone            119.194.66.in-addr.arpa         reverse/119.194.66.db
|  
|  
|  
| zone file:
| ;
| ;Rilextechnologies.com reverse zone file
| ;
| ;
| $TTL 1d
| ;
| ;Origin:  119.194.66.in-addr.arpa.
| ;
| @ IN SOA  rilextechnologies.com.  dnsadmin.seacoastsynergy.com. (
|                 2004012601      ; serial
|                 4h              ; refresh
|                 1h              ; retry
|                 3d             ; expiry
|                 1h )            ; minimum
|  
| ;
| ;Nameservers
| ;
|                         IN NS           NS1.RILEXTECHNOLOGIES.COM.
|                         IN NS           NS1.SEACOASTSYNERGY.COM.
|  
| ;
| ;Host Addresses
| ;
| 130                     PTR             WSW001.RILEXTECHNOLOGIES.COM.

Your server is fine and serving as it should.  Your upstream provider is
not only not delegating zones to you, they are also misconfigured as their
own NS records are cached (and TTL is running down).  Good luck finding a
clued in person there (many larger ISPs have let the clued in people go).

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phil at vega:/home/phil 331> dig +norec @ns1.iplt.twtelecom.net. 130.119.194.66.in-addr.arpa. any

; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> +norec @ns1.iplt.twtelecom.net. 130.119.194.66.in-addr.arpa. any
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 25177
;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;130.119.194.66.in-addr.arpa.   IN      ANY

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
194.66.in-addr.arpa.    3404    IN      NS      ns1.iplt.twtelecom.net.
194.66.in-addr.arpa.    3404    IN      NS      ns1.milw.twtelecom.net.
194.66.in-addr.arpa.    3404    IN      NS      ns1.orng.twtelecom.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.iplt.twtelecom.net. 300     IN      A       64.132.94.250
ns1.milw.twtelecom.net. 300     IN      A       216.136.95.2
ns1.orng.twtelecom.net. 300     IN      A       168.215.210.50

;; Query time: 37 msec
;; SERVER: 64.132.94.250#53(ns1.iplt.twtelecom.net.)
;; WHEN: Mon Jan 26 13:08:01 2004
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 175

phil at vega:/home/phil 332> dig +norec @ns1.rilextechnologies.com. 130.119.194.66.in-addr.arpa. any

; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> +norec @ns1.rilextechnologies.com. 130.119.194.66.in-addr.arpa. any
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 26303
;; flags: qr aa; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;130.119.194.66.in-addr.arpa.   IN      ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
130.119.194.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN   PTR     wsw001.rilextechnologies.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
119.194.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400  IN      NS      ns1.rilextechnologies.com.
119.194.66.in-addr.arpa. 86400  IN      NS      ns1.seacoastsynergy.com.

;; Query time: 65 msec
;; SERVER: 66.194.119.194#53(ns1.rilextechnologies.com.)
;; WHEN: Mon Jan 26 13:10:32 2004
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 139

phil at vega:/home/phil 333> dig +norec @ns1.iplt.twtelecom.net. 130.119.194.66.in-addr.arpa. any

; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> +norec @ns1.iplt.twtelecom.net. 130.119.194.66.in-addr.arpa. any
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 27812
;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;130.119.194.66.in-addr.arpa.   IN      ANY

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
194.66.in-addr.arpa.    3217    IN      NS      ns1.orng.twtelecom.net.
194.66.in-addr.arpa.    3217    IN      NS      ns1.iplt.twtelecom.net.
194.66.in-addr.arpa.    3217    IN      NS      ns1.milw.twtelecom.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.iplt.twtelecom.net. 300     IN      A       64.132.94.250
ns1.milw.twtelecom.net. 300     IN      A       216.136.95.2
ns1.orng.twtelecom.net. 300     IN      A       168.215.210.50

;; Query time: 36 msec
;; SERVER: 64.132.94.250#53(ns1.iplt.twtelecom.net.)
;; WHEN: Mon Jan 26 13:11:07 2004
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 175

phil at vega:/home/phil 334>
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