Djbdns?

[Kevin Darcy]

Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote:

>d> Maybe I never fully understood how tinydns works -- probably so --
>
>Certainly so.  
>
>d> I do not think there is any distinction between "A" 
>d> and "CNAME" records. 
>
>Nonetheless, there actually is.
>
>d> The "add-alias" script only accepts an IP address for the target!  
>
>Correct, and nothing to in fact be surprised at.  "add-alias" is (one of quite
>a few means) for creating _server-side_ aliases.  "CNAME" resource records are
>_client-side_ aliases.
>
>Understanding that there are _two different kinds_ of aliases is an important
>step in the understanding of DNS service.
>
Well, it's only important if one's DNS implementation actually supports 
*both* kinds of "aliases", and -- need I say it? -- this is a BIND list 
and BIND does not explicitly support what you call "server-side" 
aliasing. Despite your protestations to the contrary, wildcarding is not 
*explicitly* aliasing, and neither is the old 
"load-multiple-zones-from-the-same-zonefile" hack.

- Kevin