Moving DNS for reverse
Chris Parker
We currently have 2 internet connections.
Our DNS' are on connection "A"
Our Web servers are on connection "B"
The reverse for connection "B" is delegated to our DNS' on connection "A"
We are moving the DNS' to connection "B"
We have processed a host change that will go into effect with the 5am
update.
Will the reverse move with the host records or do we need to inform our
connection "B" provider that we've update the IPs?
Barry Margolin
Delegation NS records point to names, not IPs. If the names of your
nameservers are not changing, ISP B doesn't need to change the delegation
records of the reverse domain.
However, if ISP B's nameservers are also configured as slaves for your
reverse zones, then they will need to update their named.conf files, since
"masters" statements contain IPs, not names.
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Kevin Darcy
Chris Parker wrote:
> We currently have 2 internet connections.
> Our DNS' are on connection "A"
> Our Web servers are on connection "B"
> The reverse for connection "B" is delegated to our DNS' on connection "A"
> We are moving the DNS' to connection "B"
> We have processed a host change that will go into effect with the 5am
> update.
> Will the reverse move with the host records or do we need to inform our
> connection "B" provider that we've update the IPs?
What does your "connection 'B' provider" have to do with your DNS? Are they
a slave? If so, then they'll need to know the new address of the master.
Otherwise, it's totally up to you to update the A and PTR records in your
zone(s).
- Kevin
Chris Parker
"Connection B" provider delegates the reverse to our DNS'. I'll have to
check with them to see if they are running as a slave.
Barry Margolin
Kevin Darcy <k...@daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:
>
>Chris Parker wrote:
>
>> We currently have 2 internet connections.
>> Our DNS' are on connection "A"
>> Our Web servers are on connection "B"
>> The reverse for connection "B" is delegated to our DNS' on connection "A"
>> We are moving the DNS' to connection "B"
>> We have processed a host change that will go into effect with the 5am
>> update.
>> Will the reverse move with the host records or do we need to inform our
>> connection "B" provider that we've update the IPs?
>
>What does your "connection 'B' provider" have to do with your DNS?
Provider B presumably operates the master nameserver for y.z.in-addr.arpa,
and is delegating x.y.z.in-addr.arpa to the customer's nameservers.
Kevin Darcy
Well, delegations are done with names, not IP addresses directly. So if you
control the names of those nameservers, then this shouldn't be a problem.
- Kevin
Chris Parker wrote:
> "Connection B" provider delegates the reverse to our DNS'. I'll have to
> check with them to see if they are running as a slave.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Darcy [mailto:k...@daimlerchrysler.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 4:51 PM
> To: bind-...@isc.org
> Subject: Re: Moving DNS for reverse
>
> Chris Parker wrote:
>
> > We currently have 2 internet connections.
> > Our DNS' are on connection "A"
> > Our Web servers are on connection "B"
> > The reverse for connection "B" is delegated to our DNS' on connection "A"
> > We are moving the DNS' to connection "B"
> > We have processed a host change that will go into effect with the 5am
> > update.
> > Will the reverse move with the host records or do we need to inform our
> > connection "B" provider that we've update the IPs?
>