[AusNOG] PTR Records

[Skeeve Stevens]

PTR can point to anything that is a valid domain name.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1035#page-12


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On 18 November 2014 12:25, David Beveridge <dave at bevhost.com> wrote:

> Can anyone point me to any RFC which says that there are restrictions on
> the name a PTR can point to.
>
> I have been told by a certain ISP that I cannot have a PTR pointing to
> mycompany.com.au as it is NON-standard and which cannot and should not be
> done.  They insist on setting the PTR to mail.mycompany.com.au and refuse
> to do as I ask.
>
> I have never heard of any such thing.
>
> dave.
>
>
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