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Subject: DNS maintenance: announcement
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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 15:38:00 GMT
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I have written a Perl script called "makezones" which builds one forwards zone
file and any number of reverse zone files from a single source file. (For
example, I build the files for cam.ac.uk, 111.131.in-addr.arpa, and
213.153.192.in-addr.arpa from a single source.)
The script does extensive checks on the syntax of the input, and it also checks
for duplicate IP addresses and the use of CNAME domain names on other types of
record (which is illegal). The serial number on the SOA record is automatically
updated each time makezones is run; it is expected to be in the very common
<year><mon><day><seq> format, but the year must be four digits - this code is
built to survive the turn of the century...
The script is extensively commented and has a long description at its start.
Some of its features are configurable by setting appropriate Perl variables at
the start. These are all documented. Hacking for other requirements should be
relatively straightforward.
Makezones is available for ftp from
ftp.cus.cam.ac.uk:/pub/software/programs/DNS/makezones
I'll be happy to receive comments and suggestions and bug reports.
Philip
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