is NS record pointing to some other name server needed in case of classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegations?

2013-04-03 Thread Martin T
Hi, in case of classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegations(http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2317.txt) I have usually seen at least one NS record pointing to name server other than the end-customer ones. Example from rfc2317.txt where there are two NS records and the second one is not the end-customer name

Re: is NS record pointing to some other name server needed in case of classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegations?

2013-04-03 Thread Mark Andrews
If a zone is being made available to the public (which these are) then steps should be taken to ensure it is resolvable all the time. This means having multiple servers that are not subject to common failures. This is basic DNS. In message

Re: is NS record pointing to some other name server needed in case of classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegations?

2013-04-03 Thread Doug Barton
On 04/02/2013 12:47 AM, Martin T wrote: Is NS record pointing to some other name server needed in case of classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegations? What happens if one does not specify this? It's very common for the parent name server(s) to slave the 2317 zone so that it can answer directly. It's