A/zone entry using wildcard.

[Kevin Darcy]

Fabiano Silos Reis wrote:

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>Hi list,
>
>I would like to know if it is possible to register a entry using wildcard in
>named like:
>
>test*	IN A 127.0.0.1
>
>In a way that when I execute 'nslookup test001.mydomain' I get the address
>127.0.0.1. 
>
>Other question is, can I register a zone entry using wildcard?
>
>Example:
>
>zone "test*.domain" {
>        type master;
>        file "zones/test.domain";
>};
>  
>
No. Not possible in BIND. The DNS protocol defines a wildcard mechanism, 
but it only matches 1 or more whole labels.

Of course, you could always just put 1 or more wildcard records into 
"domain" itself and not have any subzones. The wildcard would match the 
name "test001.domain" and anything else under "domain" that wasn't 
already explicitly defined.

>If no for both questions, do someone know a patch to make named answer using
>this wildcard?
>
I know of no such patch.

                                                                         
            - Kevin