DNS Pattern : www.* www2.* www3.*

[Sim]

> Just to nitpick, it *is* possible, for some constrained definition of
> "pattern". If one were to limit the "pattern-matching" to, say, at most
> 5 characters, all alpha, in the second label, as shown in the query
> examples above, then one could have a file containing all 12-13 million
> combinations (26^5 + 26^4 + ...) for that label, times 3 (for www, www2
> and www3) that could be $INCLUDE'd into the relevant master zonefile(s).
> One would also need enough RAM to hold all of those entries.
>
> I don't think that's quite what the original poster had in mind though...


Wow! Thanks Kevin for precision, but this is a "ram" problem :)

I will find another solution for my project.

Thanks!