dns for subdomain without domain

[Barry Margolin]

In article <ce901d$19i8$1 at sf1.isc.org>, idsp at yahoo.com (Steve) wrote:

> Is it possible to setup DNS for a subdomain without setting up dns for
> the parent domain?  For instance, I want to setup just DNS (an A/MX
> record) for mail.foo.com but don't want foo.com to resolve.  What
> would the syntax for this be if its possible?  I want mail to work for
> a subdomain but the domain not to work I guess.  If this is not
> possible what are the alternatives?  Do I need to have an A record for
> the parent domain?  What if I wanted other subdomains (A/CNAME
> records) to work also such as booger.foo.com

If foo.com is delegated from the com domain, it has to have SOA and NS 
records.  But it doesn't have to have any other records.  Is that what 
you want?

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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