[olug] DNS issue

Phil Brutsche phil at brutsche.us
Mon May 17 23:11:06 UTC 2004


Jay Swackhamer wrote:

> The error is sounds like the DNS server doesnt know it's own name
> which is required by some OS's. i.e. HPUX.

Some OS's (ie Sun) will also want to verify their reverse DNS.

Solaris made me learn PTR RRs and made me appreciate the convenience of 
running my own caching DNS server :)

> usually this occurs on Wintel DNS servers.......

It's not that they can't, it's that DNS goes over the head of most
Windows admins.

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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us


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