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Subject: Re: [DoD Source -- ssshhhh Top Secret] Re: Dumb Question is an A or AAAA record required?
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 15:36:23 +0200
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Am 09.07.20 um 15:31 schrieb John W. Blue:
>>From a BIND point of view "in-addr.arpa" is a unique zone with no dependencies.

and typically you have no control over PTR records at all given that
they have nothing to do with your domain

while it's smart (at least when you want to send mails) that your IP has
a sane PTR and that the name maps back to the IP the dns system couldn't
care less

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users [mailto:bind-users-bounces@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of DeCaro, James John (Jim) CIV DISA FE (USA) via bind-users
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2020 8:16 AM
> To: Mark Andrews; @lbutlr
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> Subject: RE: [Non-DoD Source] Re: Dumb Question is an A or AAAA record required?
> 
> Would the lack of A records affect pointer records?  Seems like it would