On Jul 29, 2005, at 1:29 PM, Peter Koch wrote:
John,
The PROBLEM_WRONG_REVERSE_MAPPING is assigning 4 points for each nameserver missing "correct" rDNS. With 8 nameservers, that's 12
just to be clear: "wrong" means inconsistent reverse mapping, not a missing one. While reverse mapping may be absent, inconsistencies are almost always a sign of a problem. The reverse mapping is not required for the resolution processs but is helpful (and in the case of inconsistencies: less helpful) for debugging.
OK... well, the inconsistancy is there because we do get the providers to put generic rDNS in place in most places. Of course, we don't always have matching fwds for the reverse, because, well, nobody every uses the rDNS we have :)
points more than failure. Now, I could work around this by only submitting 4 nameservers, but that seems contrary to the goal of having a stable in-addr.arpa delegation.
I wonder why you're having so many name servers all suffering from the same problem. Maybe they're administratively *and* topologically close? Could you give details, please?
When we setup locations, we don't always know in advance what machines are going in. We move stuff around a lot... and have procedures in place to handle A records, because, well we control those. We don't control the rDNS, nor do we really want/need to.
The description for PROBLEM_WRONG_REVERSE_MAPPING refers to RFC1912, section 2.1 which says "should", not "must", so such a high penalty for no technical problem does not seem valid. I can't think of a truely operational problem caused by missing rDNS on an auth nameserver.
RFC 1912 predates RFC 2119, so this 'should' vs 'must' deliberations must(sic!) be taken with a grain of salt.
Heh... well, I would be surprised if it was updated that it would be set to a must rather than should :)
I would like to propose either changing this to a 0 point Information, or a 1 point Warning.
One could also argue that the same warning produced by several servers should be limited in its impact, but OTOH this accumulation of warnings, even of the same type, suggests a deeper inspection is due.
Potentially, but I still disagree that 4 points is valid for a non-technical issue.