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Re: [PLUG] reverse dns issues for ISP?
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Hi M. Jackson,
Many ISPs will refuse to publish a reverse (IN-ADDR.ARPA) entry
for a domain name that is not registered to the ISP's name servers.
This policy makes some sense, since unless the ISP controls both
the forward and reverse lookups, then the ISP has no way to ensure
that forward and reverse lookups always match.
I work at an ISP (dca.net), and we will publish pretty much whatever
you want for your in-addr.arpa lookup for customers with static
addresses (e.g. DSL customers).
-Andrew White
andrew@white.com
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Jack Wilkinson wrote:
> Is there any good reason why an ISP would not be willing to allow a user
> with a static IP to have their reverse dns entries changed? Even at the
> offer of paying for the "Service"?
>
> I even offered to just have them point the reverse dns to my ns, and I'll do
> it from here, so it's about as non-labor-intensive as it can be.
>
> I just want to know why this ISP I'm using is not willing to change a simple
> dns entry. I need it done for IRC purposes (primarily) so I don't have to
> track down ops with access to get them to add me an entry on this IP, which
> could take a month knowing these ops.
>
> So, if anyone has any clues why this might be the case (so perhaps I can be
> more sympathetic than I currently am), please share. Also, if you have any
> ideas of how to convince this ISP, let me know that too ;-)
>
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> M. Jackson Wilkinson <jackw@jounce.net>
> Phone/Fax: 877-832-9021 Cell: 215-919-1513
>
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