[Cialug] DNS Reverse Lookup

Tom Sellers tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com
Sun May 17 19:48:09 CDT 2009


In answer to question 2 below. Yes.  I have the clients pointed to the DNS server IP.  

As for question 1, The clients are both Windows clients and there really isn't any actual domain.  They are just on a workgroup.  The workgroup name does not match the domain name.  Did not think that would be a problem as long as they were pointed to the DNS server as idendified above.

Is that incorrect?  

--- On Sat, 5/16/09, John Roach <jroach at simplicitysys.com> wrote:

> From: John Roach <jroach at simplicitysys.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] DNS Reverse Lookup
> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
> Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 11:16 AM
> 
> A couple of things,
> 1. Do you have the local domain defined on the clients?
> 2. Do you have the clients pointed to the new dns server?
> 
> Tom Sellers wrote:
> > I can't say since I am very new to working with
> DNS.  I don't have the opportunity to work with this at
> work since all that is done by our corporate support
> group.  That is why I was trying to learn something
> about it by setting one up at home.  
> >
> > I did learn some additional information that I don't
> know if is significant this morning.  Most of my
> testing has been done from the actual machine that is
> running the DNS.  When I do an nslookup on that machine
> for example my local gateway (idendified as "gw") is
> resolved right away.  However, if I go to a separate
> workstation and peform a ping command (ping gw) it does not
> resolve.  If I give it a fully qualified domain name
> (ping gw.mydomain.com) though it resolves immediately.
> >
> > Is there anyone with a good knowledge of DNS that can
> give me some guidance on my setup?  I am running Ubuntu
> 8.10 on the machine and bind9. I have my DNS set up to
> forward to my ISP if the name does not resolve. I can browse
> the internet so I am getting resolution to outside web sites
> properly.  Directory structure is /etc/bind and below
> that /etc/bind/zones.  There are both a forward and
> reverse lookup in the zones directory.  
> >
> > --- On Fri, 5/15/09, Matthew Lechleider <matthew at lechleider.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> From: Matthew Lechleider <matthew at lechleider.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Cialug] DNS Reverse Lookup
> >> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
> >> Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 11:52 PM
> >> I received the same response.
> >>
> >> Is there a standard response for reverse lookups
> on
> >> internally reserved 
> >> address space?
> >>
> >> Does your computer know to look at your local
> namserver and
> >> not a public 
> >> Internet nameserver?
> >>
> >>
> >> Tom Sellers wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Here is the response to using the command that
> you
> >>>       
> >> suggested.  Since I'm new to this I'm not
> sure what the
> >> below tells me.  The section under Authority
> Section
> >> looks a little questionable but not sure what it
> should look
> >> like.
> >>     
> >>> Does this tell you anything of value?
> >>>
> >>> tsellers at bluto-laptop:~$ dig -x 192.168.1.1
> >>>
> >>> ; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P2
> <<>> -x
> >>>       
> >> 192.168.1.1
> >>     
> >>> ;; global options:  printcmd
> >>> ;; Got answer:
> >>> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY,
> status:
> >>>       
> >> NXDOMAIN, id: 62144
> >>     
> >>> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0,
> AUTHORITY: 1,
> >>>       
> >> ADDITIONAL: 0
> >>     
> >>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> >>> ;1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.   
> >>>       
> >> IN    PTR
> >>     
> >>> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> >>> 168.192.in-addr.arpa.   
> >>>       
> >> 10800    IN   
> >> SOA    prisoner.iana.org.
> >> hostmaster.root-servers.org. 2002040800 1800 900
> 604800
> >> 604800
> >>     
> >>> ;; Query time: 486 msec
> >>> ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.9#53(192.168.1.9)
> >>> ;; WHEN: Fri May 15 23:36:23 2009
> >>> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 119
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- On Fri, 5/15/09, Matthew Lechleider <matthew at lechleider.com>
> >>>       
> >> wrote:
> >>     
> >>>    
> >>>       
> >>>> From: Matthew Lechleider <matthew at lechleider.com>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] DNS Reverse Lookup
> >>>> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group"
> <cialug at cialug.org>
> >>>> Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 11:33 PM
> >>>> Try dig with the flag -x for reverse
> >>>> lookup.
> >>>>
> >>>> dig -x IP
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Tom Sellers wrote:
> >>>>      
> >>>>         
> >>>>> I have set up a DNS server on my home
> network
> >>>>>       
>    
> >> and
> >>     
> >>>>>        
> >>>>>       
>    
> >>>> although it resolves machine names to IP
> addresses
> >>>>         
> >> just fine
> >>     
> >>>> I can't seem to make it perform the
> reverse
> >>>>         
> >> lookup
> >>     
> >>>> properly.
> >>>>      
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Below is an example and the DIG
> information on
> >>>>>       
>    
> >> my DNS
> >>     
> >>>>>        
> >>>>>       
>    
> >>>> server.
> >>>>      
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Can anyone shed some light on where I
> have
> >>>>>       
>    
> >> gone wrong
> >>     
> >>>>>        
> >>>>>       
>    
> >>>> here?
> >>>>      
> >>>>         
> >>>>>        
> >>>>>       
>    
> >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>     
> >>>>      
> >>>>         
> >>>>> tsellers at bluto-laptop:~$ nslookup gw
> >>>>> Server:   
>    
> >>>>>        
> >>>>>       
>    
> >>>> 192.168.1.9
> >>>>      
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Address:    192.168.1.9#53
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Name:    gw.mydomain.com
> >>>>> Address: 192.168.1.1
> >>>>>
> >>>>> tsellers at bluto-laptop:~$ nslookup
> 192.168.1.1
> >>>>> Server:   
>    
> >>>>>        
> >>>>>       
>    
> >>>> 192.168.1.9
> >>>>      
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Address:    192.168.1.9#53
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ** server can't find
> >>>>>       
>    
> >> 1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.:
> >>     
> >>>>>        
> >>>>>       
>    
> >>>> NXDOMAIN
> >>>>      
> >>>>         
> >>>>> tsellers at bluto-laptop:~$ dig
> mydomain.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P2
> >>>>>       
>    
> >> <<>>
> >>     
> >>>>>        
> >>>>>       
>    
> >>>> mydomain.com
> >>>>      
> >>>>         
> >>>>> ;; global options:  printcmd
> >>>>> ;; Got answer:
> >>>>> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode:
> QUERY,
> >>>>>       
>    
> >> status:
> >>     
> >>>>>        
> >>>>>       
>    
> >>>> NOERROR, id: 29703
> >>>>      
> >>>>         
> >>>>> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1,
> ANSWER: 0,
> >>>>>       
>    
> >> AUTHORITY:
> >>     
> >>>>>        
> >>>>>       
>    
> >>>> 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
> >>>>      
> >>>>         
> >>>>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> >>>>> ;mydomain.com.   
> >>>>>       
>    
> >>    
> >>     
> >>>>>        
> >>>>>       
>    
> >>>>      IN    A
> >>>>      
> >>>>         
> >>>>> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> >>>>> mydomain.com.   
>    
> >>>>>        
> >>>>>       
>    
> >>>> 38400    IN   
> >>>> SOA    bluto.mydomain.com.
> >>>> admin.mydomain.com. 2007062001 28800 3600
> 604800
> >>>>         
> >> 38400
> >>     
> >>>>      
> >>>>         
> >>>>> ;; Query time: 1 msec
> >>>>> ;; SERVER:
> 192.168.1.9#53(192.168.1.9)
> >>>>> ;; WHEN: Fri May 15 23:17:25 2009
> >>>>> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 78
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     
>    
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>       
>    
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