Hi,

On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 10:33:06AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Thanks for the comment!

> Starting from a given IPv4 address (probably the result of a query for an 
> A RR), the term "existing reverse data" means that a query for 
> <reversed-ip4-address>.in-addr.arpa. type PTR results in a response other 
> than Name Error.
> 
> Starting from a given IPv6 address (probably the result of a query for an 
> AAAA RR), the term "existing reverse data" means that a query for 
> <reversed-ip6-address>.ip6.arpa. type PTR results in a response other than 
> Name Error.
> 
> The term "matching reverse data" means that the query for existing reverse 
> data resulted in a response containing a set of one or more names which, 
> when each queried themselves in the forward zone for A or AAAA RRs (as 
> appropriate) return one or more results, one of which corresponds to the 
> original query.

I'd convert the last paragraph to present tense, but otherwise this
seems reasonable to me.

Presumably, to finish this off, 

    The term "missing reverse data" means that the query for existing
    reverse data as above results in a response for Name Error.

Does anyone object to this new formulation?

A

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