recommending use of IN-ADDR.ARPA

[Daniel Karrenberg <]

Folks,

what does the DNS WG think about recommending usage of in-addr.arpa 
for router networks in order to facilitate problem diagnostics?

Daniel

Date: Wed, 9 Mar 94 22:00:49 +0100
From: Philippe-Andre Prindeville philipp@localhost
Message-Id: <9403092100.AA20616@localhost
To: Marten.Terpstra@localhost
Subject: Missing IN-ADDR.ARPA records
Resent-To: hostmaster@localhost
Resent-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 10:14:18 +0100
Resent-From: Marten Terpstra <Marten.Terpstra@localhost

Hi Marten,

	I was wondering if you could tell me something:  for almost
a year, I've been asking Renater regularly to install a name server
for their IN-ADDR.ARPA zones for their routers.  They've been (in
the past) telling me that it was planned but they haven't gotten
around to doing it.

	Well, the shoe has dropped.  They've abandoned all pretenses
of ever intending to install IN-ADDR.ARPA zones to the name servers.
It simply will never happen.

	For users and network operators alike, this is a serious
problem if we can't at least pin-point the locality of network
outages.

	What political recourse does RIPE (or EBONE) have to bring
Renater into line?  Is there an "authority" I can complain to?

Thanks,

-Philip