On Nov 1, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Michel de Nostredame wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Jeroen van Aart <jer...@mompl.net> wrote: >> I battled for a few hours getting IPv6 rDNS to work. The following tool >> proved to be quite helpful: >> http://www.fpsn.net/?pg=tools&tool=ipv6-inaddr >> Just in case anyone else would run into similar problems. It's not as >> straightforward as IPv4 rDNS. >> Greetings, >> Jeroen >> -- >> http://goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/ >> http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/plural-of-virus.html > > Forgive me if this is a stupid question. > > I am curious that if BIND ever tried to make the DB file easier to > operate under pure text-based environment. > For example, allow something like following format inside zone file, > > $ORIGIN 1.0.0.0.3.f.8.0.3.1.4.8.8.7.d.f.ip6.arpa. > 48ff:fe35:d1bc PTR server.example.com. > > And when load the zone file, automatically (internally) interpret it as > c.b.1.d.5.3.e.f.f.f.8.4.1.0.0.0.3.f.8.0.3.1.4.8.8.7.d.f.ip6.arpa. > inside memory. > > If you're going to do that, why not make it possible to declare:
$ORIGIN fd78:8413:38f:1::.ip6.arpa as well? Owen
