CNAME records pointing to other domains.
Cricket Liu
cricket at VeriSign.com
Thu Oct 19 17:21:41 UTC 2000
> is this correct?
>
> $ORIGIN cmd.gwu.edu.
> charon IN CNAME charon.cmd.gwumc.edu.
> cpmdtest IN CNAME cpmdtest.cmd.gwumc.edu.
> gwvenus IN CNAME gwvenus.cmd.gwumc.edu.
>
> I found this in my db file and I'm wondering if it's correct according to
> RFCs. It seems to work, but is it really a good idea to have a CNAME
record
> pointing to a machine in another domain (but NOT a subdomain)?
Sure, there's nothing wrong with that.
cricket
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