Allow Multiple-Cnames in BIND 9

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 03:51:33PM -0800, Andris Kalnozols wrote:
> > Barry Margolin <barmar at genuity.net> wrote:
> > In article <9u8jpu$qv3 at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
> > Joseph S D Yao  <jsdy at center.osis.gov> wrote:
> > >Your solution is better, except that RFC 952 still prohibits single-
> > >character names [but I think that's been ignored before].
> > 
> > Clearly: A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET, B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, etc.

Exactly.  ;-)

> FWIW, that's what I thought until someone pointed out that the 1985
> RFC document referred to _hostname_ entries in the old HOSTS.TXT
> table.  Therefore, the semanticists who appreciate phrases like
> "It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is" would say that there's
> a distiction to be made between a hostname entry in /etc/hosts and
> a _domain name_ entry in the DNS, i.e., the justifying exception
> for the root server names.

No, the DNS RFC refers back to the hostname RFC.

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