DNS Config Issues - Host server not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

[dkz]

Hello,

I am setting us a new server and I requested a reverse dns record from the data center and I was told they could not do it unitl there was a "valid forward lookup hostname(their words)". The error they refrenced is "Host servername.domainname.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)".

If I type in #host server, I get Host server not found: 3(NXDOMAIN). I've read previous posts on this but none have yet helped. I also did a dns report and it came back good.

Thanks for any help!

 

[mtindor]

Hello,

I am setting us a new server and I requested a reverse dns record from the data center and I was told they could not do it unitl there was a "valid forward lookup hostname(their words)". The error they refrenced is "Host servername.domainname.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)".

If I type in #host server, I get Host server not found: 3(NXDOMAIN). I've read previous posts on this but none have yet helped. I also did a dns report and it came back good.

Thanks for any help!

Your data center is telling you that they cannot add the reverse DNS record that you chose until forward DNS for that address is also active.

For instance, if you contacted your provider and said "Please add reverse DNS for 111.222.333.444 so that it resolves to abc.123.com", they are then doing an nslookup (or host or dig command) on abc.123.com to see if it returns 111.222.333.444. They have done a lookup on abc.123.com and it did not return back any information. And they don't know if the owner of 123.com has authorized you to have a rDNS record in place called abc.123.com and they just want to use a forward lookup as verification that you are authorized to use abc.123.com in rDNS.

If you want to PM me the hostname in question and the IP address you are trying to get rDNS for I'll attempt to tell you what is going on. But it seems like whatever nameservers are authoritative for that hostname/domain do not have a valid record for that particular hostname that you are seeking rDNS for.

Mike