[nznog] Re: forward & reverse dns

2020-11-04 Thread Jasper
On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 06:33:42PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > I'm not trying to host here (in this case). My mailserver is at a hosting > provider, where all is good (barring the lack of IPv6 ...). > > It's when my home machine connects to my mailserver that I see what I > thought was

[nznog] Re: forward & reverse dns

2020-11-04 Thread Nathan Ward
> On 5/11/2020, at 17:30, Richard Hector wrote: > > Hi all, > > Is it reasonable to expect that a residential ISP, that provides a generated > reverse resolution to a home IP address, will also provide a matching forward > resolution that goes back to the same IP? That’s reasonable, yep.

[nznog] Re: forward & reverse dns

2020-11-04 Thread Richard Hector
On 5/11/20 6:26 pm, Michael Hallager wrote: If what you have is a mass market account - Myself and everyone else I know engineers these accounts to be cheap and cheerful. This is what the vast majority of the market place wants. Additionally, the vast majority of businesses do not host their

[nznog] Re: forward & reverse dns

2020-11-04 Thread Richard Hector
But you do consider it a customisation, rather than a default? Ah well. Cheers, Richard On 5/11/20 6:11 pm, Michael Hallager wrote: I second what Liam said. My personal policy is if its a business plan then yes, I will do those sorts of customisations and others as required. If its a

[nznog] Re: forward & reverse dns

2020-11-04 Thread Pete Mundy
Twenty years ago maybe. Maybe. But today? No. I'd say i's not reasonable to _expect_ it. That doesn't mean you can't be impressed when you see it though - nod to Stan :) Pete Mundy DNS fanboy > On 5/11/2020, at 5:30 PM, Richard Hector wrote: > > Hi all, > > Is it reasonable to expect

[nznog] Re: forward & reverse dns

2020-11-04 Thread Richard Hector
Hmm. I expect low-touch, but given the reverse appears generated (.foo.isp.net.nz) or similar, the forward would also be generated to match. And to host services (which I consider entirely reasonable for a home or any other user), I'd need a more useful dns setup than that. All this is

[nznog] Re: forward & reverse dns

2020-11-04 Thread Stan Rivett
Ooh, I'm boutique. ;-) Sent from my phone so please excuse brevity and typos. On Thu, 5 Nov 2020, 5:53 pm Liam Farr, wrote: > That would really depend on your ISP, for the likes of > Spark/Voda/Vocus/2Degrees etc and their various sub brands I would say no > it’s not, residential plans are low

[nznog] Re: forward & reverse dns

2020-11-04 Thread Liam Farr
That would really depend on your ISP, for the likes of Spark/Voda/Vocus/2Degrees etc and their various sub brands I would say no it’s not, residential plans are low margin low-touch cookie cutter products. Matching forward / reverse DNS is something that would creep into into their business

[nznog] Re: forward & reverse dns

2020-11-04 Thread Stan Rivett
Hi Richard I'm not sure if it's expected but as a residential ISP we certainly provide matching forward and reverse DNS by default. Cheers Stan Rivett -- Netspeed PO Box 5691 Dunedin P: +64 3 481 7245 C: +64 21 323 841 -- On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 at 17:30, Richard

[nznog] forward & reverse dns

2020-11-04 Thread Richard Hector
Hi all, Is it reasonable to expect that a residential ISP, that provides a generated reverse resolution to a home IP address, will also provide a matching forward resolution that goes back to the same IP? Cheers, Richard ___ NZNOG mailing list --