BIND 9.6 Flaw - CNAME vs. A Record in MX Records are NOT "Illegal"

Barry Margolin barmar at alum.mit.edu
Wed Jan 28 04:41:26 UTC 2009


In article <glma06$8dd$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> wrote:

> 	Liberal in what you accepts means don't die on arbitary
> 	input.  You should still reject rubbish.

But MX pointing to CNAME is not "rubbish".  It's a violation of the 
letter of the spec, but it's very clear what is intended.

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