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  From: Daryl Tester <dt@picknowl.com.au>
  To  : David Lloyd <lloy0076@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 22:37:54 +1030

Re: BIND Question

David Lloyd wrote:

> Looking in the "Locust Book" (DNS & Bind by O'Reilly)

I think that's the "Cricket Book".

> My question is, or questions are:
> 
> * why does the name server HAVE to be reverse resolvable?
>  - it worked despite the fact it didn't know who it was

It doesn't.  It's a requirement of nslookup.  Use dig instead.


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