Re: Reverse DNS Issue

From: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard (J.deBoynePollard_at_Tesco.NET)
Date: 04/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:32:19 +0100

HM> For public addresses [...] you probably CANNOT set the
HM> "reverse zone" or PTR records.

Yes, he can. After all, he actually has.

HM> You don't "own the zone" for those records; [...]

Yes, he does. The owners of the superdomain have simply delegated things
incorrectly.

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