you have to admit, it does save one hell of a lot of typing for the 1918 IN-ADDR.ARPA delegations. rfc1918.db ---------- @ IN SOA ns1.xxx.net. hostmaster.xxx.net. ( 1997101001 ; serial 300 ; refresh 300 ; retry 604800 ; expire 600) ; minimum IN NS ns1.xxx.net. IN NS ns2.xxx.net. * IN PTR rfc1918.xxx.net. ----------- then in named.bt primary 16.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 17.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 18.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 19.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 20.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 21.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 22.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 23.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 24.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 25.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 26.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 27.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 28.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 29.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 30.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB primary 31.172.in-addr.arpa RFC1918.DB repeat for 10.x.x.x and 192.168 space To reiterate the question posed by the original poster, (donning asbestos), why is this bad? Eric At 08:31 AM 9/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
Tatsuya Kawasaki wrote:
xyz.com. IN NS that.host *.xyz.com In NS that.host
Gah!!
Illegal!
Never use "*" in DNS! Just makes /bad things/ happen.
@ IN SOA xyz.com. hostmaster.xyz.com. ( 1998092801 3600 1800 3600000 7200)
ns ns1.xyz.com. ns ns2.xyz.com.
mx 0 mail.xyz.com.
mail a 1.2.3.4 mx 0 mail
. etc ..
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