Rejected due to errors (serial 27)

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> 
> Two things to note:
> 
> First, there are no errors above the "master zone rejected" one.  In fact,
> there are no other errors in the log file.  Not even warnings.

	There were, there was one release were they were logged as info not
	error but they were logged. 

> 
> Second, I fail to see why I can't use the @ symbol.  I was under the
> impression that in my example,
> 
> @			IN	CNAME	www.somedomainname.com.
> 
> the @ symbol is the same as placing "somedomain.net." there since the
> named.conf explicitly states:
> 
>  zone "somedomain.net" in {
>    type master;
>    file "master/somedomain.net.dns";
>  };
> 
> Meaning that the origin (@) is somedomain.net

	You have @ SOA, @ NS so you are not allowed to have @ CNAME.

> 
> I guess I'm just looking for a better explanation.  Mark Andrews (the post
> after yours) stated,
> 
> 	Yes, because you cannot have CNAMES and other data.  If you read
> 	RFC 1034/1035 and look at how you process cached CNAMES you will
> 	realise that this configuration can never work which is why we
> 	detect it and complain.
> 
> The part that I don't understand is "other data".  What other data can't I
> have?

	Any other data except the records which cryptographically verify
	the existance of the CNAME, SIG and NXT.  All the others are
	not allowed, A, NS, SOA, MX .... 

> 
> It would also be helpful if someone could give me an example of how I should
> properly setup the zone file to forward the domain so I can implement the
> proper changes.

	The long term solution will be to add a SRV record.  In the short
	term you need to add a A record.  As your favorite web browser
	vendor for SRV support.

> 
> -Riskable
> "I have a license to kill -9"
> 
	Mark
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