Point domain name of my zone to name in somebody else's zone?

[Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng.]

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On 05/06/14 11:44, Rom, Gloria wrote:
> Yup, that’s what I was asking. Thanks.
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> Gloria Rom
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> UCLA Library Digital Initiatives and Information Technology
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> gloriar at library.ucla.edu <mailto:gloriar at library.ucla.edu>
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> 310-206-9784
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> *From:*bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org
> [mailto:bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org] *On Behalf Of *Kevin Darcy
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 06, 2014 9:39 AM
> *To:* bind-users at lists.isc.org
> *Subject:* Re: Point domain name of my zone to name in somebody else's zone?
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> The apex name of a zone can't own a CNAME, if that's what you're asking. E.g.
> the name "example.com" can't be a CNAME pointing at "otherexample.com".
> 
> But, of course, you can certainly put A and/or AAAA records at the apex, that
> resolve to one or more addresses in one or more ranges you don't own/control.
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>                                                                            
>             - Kevin
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> On 5/6/2014 12:31 PM, Rom, Gloria wrote:
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>     Hello All,
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> 
>     Here’s an easy one.
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>     I administer a zone that consists of a few names, each of which points to
>     a name in a zone that I do not administer.
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>     Now my project manager wants to resolve the domain name of my zone to
>     another name in that foreign zone.
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>     Can I tell him that it can’t be done, or have I overlooked a clever
>     workaround? I’m running an oldish version of BIND 9.
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>     Thanks,
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>     Glo
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>     Gloria Rom
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>     UCLA Library Digital Initiatives and Information Technology
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>     gloriar at library.ucla.edu <mailto:gloriar at library.ucla.edu>
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>     310-206-9784
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