Help: setting a CNAME record for a domain

Derek J. Balling dredd at megacity.org
Thu Mar 1 06:20:57 UTC 2001



>All versions prior to 8.2.2 will accept the AXFR'ed zones.  I think 8.2.3
>rejects just the CNAME record itself for AXFR'ed zones - but I'm not sure.

And all versions prior to 8.2.2 have horrendous security holes in them and
should be upgraded. :)

>> I would call that a waste of energy as I doubt a patch to break the RFC
>> will be very likely to be included in the src tarball... ;-)
>
>Of course.  We'd have to submit a clarification to the RFC first.

Good luck.

D

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