On 07/12/11 9:50 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > It is easy enough to build the forward zones (except for verifying that your MX > and CNAME entries don't reference other CNAMES), but painful to do the reverse > ones. Is there a simple packaged script to do a sanity/syntax check and make > the reverse zone files for you? the ones I've seen have been woefully inadequate. many of my domains stretch across multiple IP providers, not all of whom I have RDNS on anyways. re: cname's, I'm of the opinion that you shouldn't use CNAME within your own domain(s), and only use them if you can't possibly use anything else... About the ONLY place I use them is things like aiming a host at something like google where you HAVE to use a CNAME. -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast