Re: DNS for 16.172.in-addr.arpa

[Andrew Brown <twofsonet () graffiti com>]

> We were having a small problem here and I traced it down to a reverse DNS
> lookup on a 172.16 address hanging.

hmm...yeah.  they'll do that.

> I noticed that a.root-servers.net reports that BLACKHOLE.ISI.EDU is
> authoritative for 16.172.in-addr.arpa.
>
> Is this the way it should be, or is the yet another network solutions
> mistake? Who should really handle DNS for rfc1918 addresses?

well...imho, they should be delegated to localhost.  and everyone
should have a localhost zone with the proper address in it, to go with
their 127.in-addr.arpa zone file.

but then again, some people think i'm weird.

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