[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 23 Add ability to specify DNS reverse zone name by IP network address

[Adam Young]

On 06/28/2011 02:08 PM, Rob Crittenden wrote:
> Jan Cholasta wrote:
>> On 21.6.2011 14:15, Jan Cholasta wrote:
>>> This patch adds a new option name_from_ip to dnszone commands. Default
>>> value of idnsname is created from this option.
>>>
>>> Honza
>>>
>>
>> Fixed the API version number, added usage example to dns plugin help.
>>
>> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/1045
>>
>> Honza
>
> Had quickie code review in IRC this morning. I asked for a comment 
> around the while loop, Honza suggested: This is to make chained 
> default_from work - idnssoarname default is created from idnsname and 
> idnsname default is created from name_from_ip - without this change, 
> idnssoarname default value isn't created when only name_from_ip is 
> specified.
>
> Would also be nice to have a test case for this new usage.
>
> rob
>
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NACK

Finally got the code to run, and I realize that it is completely a 
client side operation.  That won't work for the WebUI.

The WebUI needs to use the same business logic as the CLI, but it cannot 
execute client side Python.  Thus the API needs to accept the IP 
address, and calculate the reverse zone on it.

The reverse zone should honor the netmask.  A discussion earlier today 
decided that if no netmask is specifified, use an assumed netmask of 
/64  for IPv6 and of /24 for IPv4.