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From: borki@rb.xs.use.ch (Reto Burkhalter) Subject: Re: DNS setup Message-ID: <zUEB6MD4F99aoz5@rb.xs.use.ch> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 97 02:10:02 CET Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc References: <5im8i3$9si$1@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Newsreader: MicroDot 1.12 [REGISTERED 004f99] Organization: use Communications Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news-ber1.dfn.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-ge.switch.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!dino.active.ch!hp.use.ch!xs!rb.xs.use.ch!not-for-mail Lines: 26 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38993 >> Brian Somers >> 11.04.1997 > I wonder can someone explain what the "primary" line in named.boot > should look like for a network with a netmask that doesn't end on > an octet boundry. > > For a class C, I'd have > > primary my.domain my.zone.file > primary 1.2.3.IN-ADDR.ARPA my.rev.file > > If I have a netmask of 255.255.255.128 for example, how should the > IN-ADDR.ARPA line read ? This is really a problem. There's a "hack" with PTR records. A pointer to a solution may be found at ftp://nic.nordu.net, the document is called 'draft-ietf-dnsind-classless-inaddr-00.txt' I had the same problem (but I was a lazy guy: I ordered the second half of the class C net :-) ). Reto