Is it possible for to resolve a zone fqdn?

[Michael Kjorling]

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On Apr 23 2002 15:38 +0100, Chris Holman wrote:

> If the dns masterfile for zone1 (dns.zone1.com) contains an NS entry for a
> dns of a subsequent zone2 (dns.zone2.zone1.com) is it possible to resolve
> the zone fqdn "zone2.zone1.com" to the IP of "dns.zone2.zone1.com"?
>
> If I added a CNAME record to the masterfile of zone1 would this conflict
> with the zone2 NS entry i.e.
>
> # zone1.com masterfile
> zone2.zone1.com.     IN    NS     dns.zone2.zone1.com.
> dns.zone2.zone1.com. IN    A      xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> zone2.zone1.com.     IN    CNAME  dns.zone2.zone1.com.
>
> Regards,
> Chris

Just put an A record (as well as whatever other RRs you feel like) at
the zone apex.


Michael Kjörling

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