Defining delegated route /48 from Hurricane Electric in Appropriate way.

I’ve been thinking on how to create reverse zone for /64 subnet from delegated routed /48 from Hurricane Electric. First when i was first time request delegation for routed /48 i’ve defined this configuration on my nameservers

In named.conf

zone "7.e.8.f.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa" {
type master;
file "reverse-2001-470-f8e7_48.IP6.ARPA";
};

In reverse-2001-470-f8e7_48.IP6.ARPA

$TTL 3d    ; Default TTL (bind 8 needs this, bind 9 ignores it)
@    IN SOA a.ns.domain.tld. hostmaster.domain.tld. (
        200909180    ; Serial number (YYYYMMdd)
        24h        ; Refresh time
        30m        ; Retry time
        2d        ; Expire time
        3d        ; Default TTL (bind 8 ignores this, bind 9 needs it)
)

                                ; Name server entries
                                IN     NS     a.ns.domain.tld.
                                IN     NS     b.ns.domain.tld.
                                IN     NS     c.ns.domain.tld.
                                IN     NS     d.ns.domain.tld.
; IPv6 PTR entries

; Subnet #1
$ORIGIN 0.0.0.0.7.e.8.f.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.

1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0         IN      PTR     sub1.ipv6.domain.tld.
...
...
...

; Subnet #2
$ORIGIN 1.0.0.0.7.e.8.f.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.
1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0         IN      PTR     sub2.ipv6.domain.tld.
...
...
...

; Subnet #next ....
...
...

But, in the other hand, We can also divide route /48 into per /64 zone basis. of course it’s required defining every single /64 zone on named.conf.

In named.conf

/*
 * 2001:470:f8e7:1::/64
 *
 */
zone "1.0.0.0.7.e.8.f.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa" {
type master;
file "reverse-2001-470-f8e7-1_64.IP6.ARPA";
};

In reverse-2001-470-f8e7-1_64.IP6.ARPA

$TTL 86400 ; Default TTL (bind 8 needs this, bind 9 ignores it)
$ORIGIN 1.0.0.0.7.e.8.f.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.
@       IN SOA a.ns.domain.tld. hostmaster.domain.tld. (
200907114               ; Serial number (YYYYMMdd)
28800                   ; Refresh time
7200                    ; Retry time
864000                  ; Expire time
86400                   ; Default TTL (bind 8 ignores this, bind 9 needs it)
)

; Name server entries
IN     NS     a.ns.domain.tld.
IN     NS     b.ns.domain.tld.
IN     NS     c.ns.domain.tld.
IN     NS     d.ns.domain.tld.

; Subnet #1
1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0         IN      PTR     sub1.ipv6.domain.tld.
...
...
...

Next subnet in name.conf…

/*
 * 2001:470:f8e7:2::/64
 *
 */
zone "2.0.0.0.7.e.8.f.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa" {
type master;
file "reverse-2001-470-f8e7-2_64.IP6.ARPA";
};

And so on..

Both above configuration will answering query request properly. Onething that i’m not realy so sure is what/how the “Righteous way” for defining those reverse routed /48.

any idea? hehe… 😉