> > The practice of filling out the reverse zone with fake PTR record > > started before there was wide spread support for UPDATE/DNS. There > > isn't any need for this to be done anymore. Machines are capable > > of adding records for themselves. > > How do I setup this for DHCPv6-PD? Say, I delegate 2001:db8:42::/48 to > the end user. Should I delegate reverse DNS as well? If so, to whom? > > Or is it the CPEs responibility to dynamically add records for whatever > addresses it sees on the internal LAN(s)? Are there CPEs capable of > doing this? > > Or will the end systems themselves do the update against my DNS server? > If so, how do I authenticate that?
With my ISP hat on, I find the idea of customer CPEs updating their own PTR records to be completely unacceptable. So I guess I'll either live without the reverse DNS, or use a name server that can synthesize answers on the fly. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no
