cname quick question

[Derek J. Balling]

So, what would the results of "dig foo.com ns" be?

1.) Query NSI, get NS1.you.com, ns2.you.com
2.) Query a server that has the CNAME cached, get
ns1.yahoo.com/ns5.dcx.yahoo.com
3.) Query ns.you.com, get ... ?

Inconsistent results, near as I can tell.

This is the point you fail to realize, and constantly pointing it out to
you is getting old.

D


At 11:44 PM -0500 3/6/01, Erik Aronesty wrote:
>Yes it will, and it has, and you should at least *try it*, before thinking
>it won't.
>
>Try creating a "com" domain, and putting a CNAME it for "foo.com".  Then
>tell netsol to go your server for foo.com.
>
>----cut "com.dom"----
>foo.com IN CNAME www.yahoo.com
>----cut----
>
>The CNAME will be followed - and will work - despite various whinings to the
>contrary.
>
>It's a lousy solution - but there is no question that it works.
>
>            - Erik
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Danny Mayer" <mayer at gis.net>
>To: "Erik Aronesty" <erik at primedata.org>; "glen herrmannsfeldt"
><gah at ugcs.caltech.edu>
>Cc: <bind-users at isc.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 11:32 PM
>Subject: Re: cname quick question
>
>
>> At 11:03 PM 3/6/01, Erik Aronesty wrote:
>>
>> >Dear Clueless,
>> >
>> >You don't need anyone's "permission" to put a "com" domain in your
>> >authoritative-only named.conf and to put a CNAME in it.  It will work
>just
>> >fine as a CNAME on a "foo.com" domain name.
>> >
>> >         - Erik
>>          I don't know who you are calling clueless, but what you said is
>irrelevant.
>> Yes, you can put a CNAME into your own zone files. The problem is that it
>WON'T
>> work just fine on your domain name when other DNS servers request
>information for
>> the domain.  This has been explained to you over and over again and you
>still don't
>> get it.
>>
>>          Danny
>>
>>
>>

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