Dear Chris, On 2003-10-28 07:14:14 -0000, Chris Hallam wrote:

I have just realised that I have never created a domain object for our LIR in the database. Everything else is pretty up to date and working fine. Reverse DNS is referenced on our inetnum object. Is the domain object essential?

Yes, it is essential. The 'rev-srv:' attribute in inetnums can only be used a reference-- they do not have any effect on operations. Please have a look into http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/mem-services/registration/reverse/index.html for the procedure to set up reverse delegation.

If so, can someone send me an example of a domain object please?

A hypothetical example could be domain: 16.172.in-addr.arpa descr: Example reverse domain object admin-c: EG792-RIPE tech-c: EG792-RIPE zone-c: EG792-RIPE nserver: ns1.example1.net nserver: ns.example1.net changed: engin@ripe.net 20031028 source: RIPE

In addition, if I create a domain object, do I have to shift reverse DNS to that instead of inetnum?

You can keep anything in 'rev-srv:' attributes of the inetnums, but that will not have any operational effect, and might cause confusion if your reverse domain object and your inetnum get out of sync. So it might be an idea to delete any 'rev-srv:' attributes from your inetnum, just to prevent future confusion.

Thanks,

Chris

Please do not hesitate to contact <inaddr@ripe.net> for any issues regarding reverse delegation. Regards, -- Engin Gunduz RIPE NCC Database Group