abbreviated zone data question
vze78se7 at verizon.net
vze78se7 at verizon.net
Fri Nov 5 23:07:44 UTC 2004
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:46:19 -0500, David Botham
<DBotham at OptimusSolutions.com> wrote:
>bind-users-bounce at isc.org wrote on 11/05/2004 04:02:29 PM:
>> If I'm abbreviating a zone, allowing the origin to populate it, is it
>> OK to do:
>>
>>
>> IN A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>> www IN CNAME
>> ftp IN CNAME
>
>You would want to do this:
>
>
>@ IN A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>www IN CNAME @
>ftp IN CNAME @
>
>The '@' symbol is important. It is the 'origin' substitution character.
>
>>
great...thanks for helping me out with that!
>>
>> or would I have to do:
>>
>> www IN A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>> ftp IN CNAME www
>> IN CNAME www
>
>The above will not work. The last cname RR (assuming you used the @ sign
>as shown above) would violate the cname and other data rule. In other
>words, the domain name itself already owns NS RR's and an SOA RR. What
>ever owns (is on the left side of) a CNAME RR cannot own (be on the left
>side of) any other RR's.
>
>
>hth,
>
>
>Dave...
>
>>
>> TiA, Andrew
>>
>>
>
>
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