Wildcard matching logic for NAPTR Records (bind9)

[Barry Margolin]

In article <c3afdv$1jch$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 jeffrey_ch_chang at yahoo.com (Jeffrey) wrote:

> I have the following 3, and only these 3, NAPTR records in my named
> server (bind v9.2.3):

Do you have records of other types in the e164.localdomain zone?  
Wildcards are only used when the name in the query does not exist at 
all; the record type is not relevant.

> Can anyone point me to the detailed logic explaining the key lookup
> logic of DNS/named when there's a wildcard (*) in the key?  I couldn't
> find it in RFCs.

Section 4.3.3 of RFC 1034 is titled "Wildcards" and contains the 
detailed explanation.

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