Allowing resolution of off-server CNAMEs

[Phil Mayers]

On 07/08/2011 05:11 PM, Joseph S D Yao wrote:
>
> It should be possible to set up an authoritative-only name server so
> that it does not recurse for anyone [except perhaps itself], but still
> allow someone to get a full resolution of a name whose canonical name is
> elsewhere.  IMHBUCO.

Why?

The recursive resolver that is querying the authoritative will follow 
the CNAME anyway, since you're not authoritative for it.