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Re: Reverse DNS - where is it?

Jeff Crosby wrote: 
I called Verizon and they said they have nothing to do with it, I have to
contact register.com.  But if I am beginning to understand it ever so
slightly, wouldn't Verizon be the one for reverse DNS because they gave me
the static IP address of 66.15.42.200?


You probably need to escalate the call to a higher tech support level.

The people you are talking to don't seem to know the difference between a forward dns entry (points lists.midrange.com to 69.3.23.26) and a reverse dns entry (points 69.3.23.26 to ip26.midrange.com).

The organization that owns the IP address space you are using (Verizon, most likely) is responsible for maintaining the reverse dns.

FWIW: Most DSL and cable ISP's actually do maintain reverse dns entries for their IP space. It will be something odd looking, like "adsl-99-99-99-99.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net" (where the 99's actually are the IP address).

david


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