This is why rfc 2308 definition of qname is correct.
On August 24, 2017 9:46:58 AM MDT, Hector Santos <hsan...@isdg.net> wrote:
>I have a question related to RFC2317 "Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA
>delegation."
>
>Earlier this year, I switched from a class C bank of 256 addresses to
>a reduced set of 32 ips (/27). To get PTR queries to work, RFC2317
>was referred by my ISP to prepare the delegation.
>
>Having implemented RFC2317, I noticed with PTR lookups directly
>against my own DNS server, it returns the proper host names, no
>cnames. When the query is done against other DNS servers, it returns
>the CNAME which points to the expected host name(s). This I
>understand is the expected RFC2317 method setup by the ISP.
>
>Not expecting this in my DNS resolver code, I modified the resolver to
>take the CNAMEs into account and return the host names instead. Was
>this the correct thing to do, thus providing the same results
>regardless of the query location?
>
>Reading RFC2317, section 5.1 and section 5.3, it sounds what I did was
>ok.'
>
>I have various PTR lookup scripts that did not expect the CNAME in the
>PTR query as RFC2317 indicates may happen, thus possibly failing a PTR
>requirement, i.e. SMTP receiver connection, etc.
>
>Before I release my updates, I wonder if this was the right thing to
>do.
>
>Thanks
>
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