RP (Responsible Person) Records

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Douglas

Gday,

Just looking for opinions (humble or otherwise=8P) about RP records:

a. Are they Neccesary ?
b. Are they Still Used ?
c. What other entries are required ?
d. How they work ?

I've run DNS for a while now, but never actually used an RP record
(properly:P)

Thanks in advance,
Douglas
 
Just looking for opinions (humble or otherwise=8P) about RP records:
a. Are they Neccesary ?
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Not unless you wish to support some (rare) facility that
requires them as most people don't bother.
b. Are they Still Used ?
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Not often.
c. What other entries are required ?
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Generally you can do 99.9% of DNS with these eight:

A -- host
CName -- alias
MX -- mail_exchange
NS -- name_server
SRV -- service/service (need for AD etc.)
WINS -- WINS_Integration for MS networks
PTR -- reverse IP->name
SOA -- start_of_authority (zone file header record)
d. How they work ?
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Very simply. <grin>
 
Thanks Herb,

thatconfirms my educated guess ;)

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Herb Martin said:
Not unless you wish to support some (rare) facility that
requires them as most people don't bother.


Not often.


Generally you can do 99.9% of DNS with these eight:

A -- host
CName -- alias
MX -- mail_exchange
NS -- name_server
SRV -- service/service (need for AD etc.)
WINS -- WINS_Integration for MS networks
PTR -- reverse IP->name
SOA -- start_of_authority (zone file header record)


Very simply. <grin>
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hehe so I am told :P

from what I can figure out for myself, an RP requires an MB (mailbox)
record, maybe I should be asking how the MB record works here...
 
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