Is it possible for to resolve a zone fqdn?

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Chris Holman <chrish at owl.co.uk> 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"?

No. A CNAME will prohibit any other LHS with the same label ( except
for a few cases where DNSSEC is involved)

> 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.
                             ^^^^
                             this is illegal. 



> Regards,
> Chris




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