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[Amrit Panesar <apanesar AT 4195tech.com>]

The way I can see this playing out is like this:

Essentially you need to run a Bind9 server. This DNS server will be 
authoritative (master) for your opennic domain(s). Generally, your ISP is 
supposed to set the Pointer Record (PTR) on their own, any time you need to 
change your rDNS, you're supposed to go through them. However, I think 
they're trying to delegate (using an NS record) the rDNS to the Tier1 server, 
this is not correct. Any Tier1 servers are only authoritative for OpenNIC 
zones. So, as per your rDNS, you either need to make a reverse look up zone 
with a PTR record for your IP OR (in what I believe is the proper way to do 
this) have your ISP set the PTR on their end.

Just to reiterate, even if your ISP doesn't resolve OpenNIC zones (though you 
should definitely urge them to!), they can still set an rDNS for your ip with 
an OpenNIC domain.

Good Luck!

--Amrit

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 28, 2012, at 9:20, Dale <dweide9 AT aim.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> I'm hoping someone can help me help my ISP. As per earlier directions from 
> Amrit, I contacted my ISP & asked them to set up an rDNS for my home 
> webserver. Below you'll note that the tech guy requested info for the .free 
> TLD Tier1 server. I gave this to him but is this the info he really needs? 
> As you can see below, he was unable to set up the rDNS for me using that 
> server info. Can anyone tell what he was doing wrong? I think Amrit felt 
> this was the issue after seeing the nslookup results that are far below. 
> I just switched to a small local ISP, who gave me a static ip & are quite 
> willing to help me (though they may be lacking the technical know-how), so 
> the answer wouldn't be to switch my ISP again.
> 
> 
> Dale
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David T <davidterc AT napanet.net>
> To: 'Dale' <dweide9 AT aim.com>
> Sent: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 2:55 pm
> Subject: RE: server setup
> 
> 
> 
> The system won’t allow us to enter this in:
> 
> The name 202.83.95.229 can not be assigned to 50.0.97.146 because 
> 202.83.95.229 currently points to 202.83.95.229. 202.83.95.229 must point 
> to 50.0.97.146.
> 
> We don’t have anyone here who would be able to setup something like this 
> for you, you would have to look elsewhere unfortunately for guidance on the 
> issue. 
> 
> 
> David Tercovich
> Systems Administrator
> Napanet Internet Services
> 947 Lincoln Ave. Napa, CA 94558
> 707-299-1000 x103
> 
> From: Dale [mailto:dweide9 AT aim.com] 
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:05 PM
> To: davidterc AT napanet.net
> Subject: Re: server setup
> 
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> If the rDNS needs to be the .free TLD Tier1 server at opennic, then yes 
> that would be correct. 
> Is this the missing link that will allow surfers to find my server when 
> they try to go to freespeech.free? Also, if things are set up properly on 
> your end but people still can't connect to freespeech.free, could I pay a 
> service fee to have someone troubleshoot my server settings?
> 
> 
> 
> Dale
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David T <davidterc AT napanet.net>
> To: 'Dale' <dweide9 AT aim.com>
> Sent: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 9:38 am
> Subject: RE: server setup
> 
> 
> So for clarification, you would like me to set your rDNS to 202.83.95.229 
> correct?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> David Tercovich
> 
> Systems Administrator
> 
> Napanet Internet Services
> 
> 947 Lincoln Ave. Napa, CA 94558
> 
> 707-299-1000 x103
> 
> 
> 
> From: Dale [mailto:dweide9 AT aim.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:36 PM
> To: support AT napanet.net
> Subject: Fwd: server setup
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Tech support,
> 
> 
> First I would like to say thanks to the tech support guy who helped me on 
> Tuesday. I think his name was David, but I owe him a beer anyway. 
> 
> 
> Per David's request, this e-mail's purpose is to give you the Tier1 servers 
> for opennic.glue, so that people trying to reach my home webserver at 
> freespeech.free can find it. Actually I only see one server for the .free 
> TLD, which is called ns21, is at ip address 202.83.95.229, & the admin is 
> Julian De Marchi. If you really need a secondary, I would go with server 
> ns5 at 128.177.28.254. (and in case you need it, my static ip is 
> 50.0.97.146) I got this info from this address: 
> wiki.opennicproject.org/Tier1
> Let me know if you need anything else (nslookup & system file info is 
> below),
> 
> 
> Dale Weide
> 
> 
> # 225-7654
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amrit Panesar <apanesar AT 4195tech.com>
> To: discuss <discuss AT lists.opennicproject.org>
> Sent: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 9:34 pm
> Subject: Re: [opennic-discuss] server setup
> 
> It would appear that your reverse host record is controlled by your ISP. 
> You 
> have to ask them to give you a RDNS ((and subsequently a static ip). As for 
> your forward lookup zone, try 
> running 'bind-checkzone <zone name> <zone file>' that usually shows any 
> zone 
> configuration syntax errors that may be lingering. (also bind-checkconf is 
> also 
> a very valuable tool for checking your bind.conf and included files). And 
> if all 
> else fails, try enabling logging (specifically all the logging channels, 
> including the debug) and see what bind spits out when it starts up
> 
> Thanks
> 
> --Amrit
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jan 16, 2012, at 21:10, Dale <dweide9 AT aim.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thank you for the warm responses about helping. 
>> Okay, here we go. As I had mentioned earlier, I can access my web server 
>> by ip 
> but not name. Below is info from various files. Please let me know what the 
> &$@$!#* I'm doing wrong. My server ip address is 50.0.97.146, I'm using a 
> local 
> isp but looks like they utilize sonic.net & dsltransport.net If I do 
> nslookup of 
> my ip from another computer I get:
>> 
>> gnomad@dales-hp-laptop:~$ nslookup 50.0.97.146
>> Server:        74.207.247.4
>> Address:    74.207.247.4#53
>> 
>> Non-authoritative answer:
>> 146.97.0.50.in-addr.arpa    name = 50-0-97-146.static.dsltransport.net.
>> 
>> Authoritative answers can be found from:
>> 0.50.in-addr.arpa    nameserver = A.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net.
>> 0.50.in-addr.arpa    nameserver = B.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net.
>> 0.50.in-addr.arpa    nameserver = C.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net.
>> A.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net    internet address = 209.204.159.20
>> A.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net    has AAAA address 2001:5a8:0:3::1
>> B.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net    internet address = 184.173.92.18
>> B.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net    has AAAA address 2607:f0d0:1102:f::2
>> C.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net    internet address = 69.9.186.104
>> C.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net    has AAAA address 2001:48c8:1:1::2
> 
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