RDNS (was Testing 3.3.52)

[Steven Levine]

In <address@hidden>, on
09/28/10
   at 03:33 PM, <address@hidden> said:

Hi,

FWIW,

Dig tells me

[j:\tmp]dig ftp.octave.org

; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> ftp.octave.org
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 55862
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ftp.octave.org.                        IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ftp.octave.org.         14338   IN      CNAME   velveeta.che.wisc.edu.
velveeta.che.wisc.edu.  86338   IN      A       128.104.176.132

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
che.wisc.edu.           86338   IN      NS      dns2.cae.wisc.edu.
che.wisc.edu.           86338   IN      NS      dns1.cae.wisc.edu.

and

[j:\tmp]rdns 128.104.176.132
dig ptr 132.176.104.128.in-addr.arpa

; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> ptr 132.176.104.128.in-addr.arpa
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 54622
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;132.176.104.128.in-addr.arpa.  IN      PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
132.176.104.128.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN  PTR     velveeta.che.wisc.edu.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
176.104.128.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN      NS      dns2.cae.wisc.edu.
176.104.128.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN      NS      dns1.cae.wisc.edu.

For the RDNS to work, you the PTR record changed, assuming you don't want
to change the CNAME record.  Whether or not you can do this will depend on
the IT policies.

Steven

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