Rejected due to errors (serial 27)
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Fri Nov 10 11:24:47 UTC 2000
>
> Two things to note:
>
> First, there are no errors above the "master zone rejected" one. In fact,
> there are no other errors in the log file. Not even warnings.
There were, there was one release were they were logged as info not
error but they were logged.
>
> Second, I fail to see why I can't use the @ symbol. I was under the
> impression that in my example,
>
> @ IN CNAME www.somedomainname.com.
>
> the @ symbol is the same as placing "somedomain.net." there since the
> named.conf explicitly states:
>
> zone "somedomain.net" in {
> type master;
> file "master/somedomain.net.dns";
> };
>
> Meaning that the origin (@) is somedomain.net
You have @ SOA, @ NS so you are not allowed to have @ CNAME.
>
> I guess I'm just looking for a better explanation. Mark Andrews (the post
> after yours) stated,
>
> Yes, because you cannot have CNAMES and other data. If you read
> RFC 1034/1035 and look at how you process cached CNAMES you will
> realise that this configuration can never work which is why we
> detect it and complain.
>
> The part that I don't understand is "other data". What other data can't I
> have?
Any other data except the records which cryptographically verify
the existance of the CNAME, SIG and NXT. All the others are
not allowed, A, NS, SOA, MX ....
>
> It would also be helpful if someone could give me an example of how I should
> properly setup the zone file to forward the domain so I can implement the
> proper changes.
The long term solution will be to add a SRV record. In the short
term you need to add a A record. As your favorite web browser
vendor for SRV support.
>
> -Riskable
> "I have a license to kill -9"
>
Mark
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