[Apologies for duplicate mails] Dear colleagues, It was agreed at RIPE 59 in Lisbon that reverse DNS zones in the RIPE Database should not have child objects. Documentation relating to this decision and the discussion surrounding it can be found in the minutes of the RIPE 59 DNS and Database Working Groups: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/dns/r59-minutes.html http://www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/db/minutes/ripe-59.html The RIPE NCC is now ready to deploy this change and clean-up the existing data. This will be done in the week commencing 13 December 2010. After deployment it will not be possible to create a reverse DNS DOMAIN object in the RIPE Database if either a more or less specific object already exists. During the data clean-up you may receive a notification that your DOMAIN object has been deleted. If this is the case there will be a less specific DOMAIN object in the database. Your object was only for documentation purposes and did not have any effect on reverse DNS. If you have any questions please contact us at <ripe-dbm@ripe.net>. Regards, Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group