Red Hat LINUX 7.2 - OFFICIAL LINUX CUSTOMIZATION GUIDE Manual page 177

Section 16.2:Adding a Reverse Master Zone
6. — Add, edit, and delete name servers for for the reverse master zone. At least
Name Servers
one name server is required.
7.
Reverse Address Table
names. For example, for the reverse master zone 1.2.3, you can add 1.2.3.100 in the
with the hostname foo.example.com. The hostname must end with a period (.) to
Address Table
specify that it is a full hostname.
Figure 16–3 Adding a Reverse Master Zone
The configuration shown in Figure 16–3, Adding a Reverse Master Zone creates the following entry
in /etc/named.conf:
zone "3.2.1.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "3.2.1.in-addr.arpa.zone";
};
It also creates the file /var/named/3.2.1.in-addr.arpa.zone with the following informa-
tion:
$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA @ root.localhost (
2 ; serial
— List of IP addresses within the reverse master zone and their host-
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Reverse