How to alias a domain
Barry Margolin
barmar at alum.mit.edu
Fri Jan 16 15:45:23 UTC 2015
In article <mailman.1425.1421421969.26362.bind-users at lists.isc.org>,
Phil Mayers <p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
> On 16/01/2015 15:07, John wrote:
> > On 1/16/2015 8:59 AM, Phil Mayers wrote:
> >> On 16/01/2015 13:00, John wrote:
> >>> But for this to work I would need to enable recursion on the
> >>> authoritative server for masters
> >>
> >> Why?
> >>
> > Because the last time I tried it, it did not work!
>
> Authoritative servers don't need to enable recursion to use DNAME.
> They'll either serve a DNAME (to DNAME-capable recursive clients) or a
> synthesised CNAME (to DNAME-incapable).
>
> DNAME might not be working, but whatever the reason, it's not because
> your authoritative isn't recursing.
>
> And yes, doing recursion on an auth server isn't a good idea.
And even if you enable it, it won't help. The queries to auth servers
usually come from caching servers, and they don't request recursion.
--
Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA
More information about the bind-users
mailing list