> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Tom Diehl > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 6:11 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: [CentOS] Re: DNS Server > > On Sun, 25 Jun 2006, Thomas E Dukes wrote: > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: centos-bounces at centos.org > >> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of > >> centos at bathnetworks.com > >> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 3:25 PM > >> To: CentOS mailing list > >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] DNS Server > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I have recently switched from having a dynamic IP address > >> and using a > >>> DNS service like zoneedit and dyndns to having a static > IP address. > >>> > >>> How do I stop having to use these DNS services and use my own? I > >>> tried changing the DNS servers at my registrar but it won't > >> accept my server. > >>> > >>> TIA > >>> > >> Does your Registrar supply DNS services itself? I ask as > mine does, > >> but only forward, but my ISP supplies reverse DNS. > >> > > > > My registrar probably does, not sure about my ISP. I need > the reverse > > DNS and I think zoneedit may offer it. I've been using them for > > serveral years with little or if any problems. > > Your reverse dns MUST come from whoever owns the ipaddress. > In 99.9 % of the cases that is your ISP. Some (not many) will > actually deligate the reverse dns to you but most will at > best add ptr's that match whatever is in the forward zone. > So even if a service such as zoneedit, say they can do reverse DNS, it won't work? I really don't understand how it can work in one direction and not the reverse. If they can keep up with my IP address and match it to my domainanme, seems they could do the reverse. Thanks