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

[Al Stu]

And what business of yours would it be if I did?  That is pretty much the 
point here.  What business is it of yours, ISC, or anyone else if I chose to 
run my DNS with MX's pointing to CNAMES?  If it is a "bad" practice, fine so 
be it.  But it has practical and beneficial uses.  For ISC to deem it 
"illegal" is a fallacy and inappropriate..


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Lightner" <jlightner at water.com>
To: "Danny Thomas" <d.thomas at its.uq.edu.au>; <bind-users at lists.isc.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 7:05 AM
Subject: RE: BIND 9.6 Flaw - CNAME vs. A Record in MX Records are NOT 
"Illegal"


> What?!
>
> And all this time I just assumed it was the Martian Sand variety that
> was being spoken of on all the "save the whales" bumper stickers.
>
> Maybe Al will end up winning the Darwin Award for another one of his
> avante garde ideas.   He'll decide that the conventional wisdom that
> exhausting his engine through a tail pipe instead of into the cabin is
> the cause of global warming and modify his car...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org
> [mailto:bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Danny Thomas
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 2:18 AM
> To: bind-users at lists.isc.org
> Subject: Re: BIND 9.6 Flaw - CNAME vs. A Record in MX Records are NOT
> "Illegal"
>
> Al Stu wrote:
>> History is fraught with individuals or a few being ridiculed for
>> putting forth that which goes against the conventional wisdom of the
>> masses and so called experts, only to be vindicated once the masses
>> and so called experts get their head out where the sun is shining and
>> exposed to the light of day.
>>
>> Once upon a time the world was 'flat'.  For some of you, apparently is
>
>> still is 'flat'.
> and for every Einstein, Columbus, etc, there have been untold people
> whose
> beliefs were not accepted. So whenever I see this line of argument
> advanced in a
> simplistic way, particularly with a hint of an heroic struggle against
> orthodoxy,
> I can't help thinking that the odds of "heretical views" being
> vindicated is pretty low.
> One belief yet to be accepted is the existence of Martian sand whales.
>
> *really plonk*
>
>
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