On Apr 8, 2009, at 3:00 AM, M-lists wrote:
One further thing, I'll be moving things around on our network soon, and this means we'll have a classless subnet soon. So if we moved one of our Windows subnets to 10.1.1.0/24, how would I forward reverse queries for this
subnet to say 10.1.1.1?

When you say "classless subnet", what do you mean? A /24 is not a classless subnet as I understand the phrase.

If you really do mean the same thing I do when I use that phrase, a subnet such as a /25 or /26, the first thing I would ask is why do this? You have 10/8 to work with. If you mean a classless subnet such as a /22 or /21, it's easier to just create the individual /24 reverse zones than to create a classless subnet reverse zone.

In general, a classless subnet reverse zone relies on CNAME records to "move" the PTR record owner name to a new name, in an artificial zone. This requires a parent zone to create the CNAME records. (For zones larger than /24, use DNAME records instead of CNAME records.) So your BIND server might need a 10.1/16 zone, or possibly a 10.1.1/24 reverse zone - a parent zone using the standard naming convention that can then delegate artificial subzones elsewhere and can contain the CNAME or DNAME records needed to rename the PTR records into the subzone.

Chris Buxton
Professional Services
Men & Mice

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