> "Also note that other workarounds will solve the same problem in a better > way." > > Care to enlighten me as to what those workarounds would be?
If all the use cases for the CNAME are for http traffic, just configure an http server/load balancer/etc. under your control to return a 302 or 301 redirect back to the client browser and you maintain control if needs change in the future. 1. Point DNS A record for shop4water.com to an IP of a webserver under your control... 2. Use <insert your favorite webserver here> (using URL Rewrite rules, perl, etc.) to send a redirect back to the browser to direct them to the shop4water.hostedbywebstore.com URL. Depending on whether you want to preserve the URL or not can vary the type of redirects that you will be configuring but that is fairly simple to setup on a variety of well known http servers. > > Also - why is it a registrar can do a CNAME only but we mere mortals > can't? In fact documentation from Amazon (it is apparently their web > store I've since learned) suggests doing it at registrar so I'll probably > go that route but I'm wondering why it should work there but not on one of > my delegated name servers. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bind-users-bounces+jlightner=water....@lists.isc.org [mailto:bind- > users-bounces+jlightner=water....@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of /dev/rob0 > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:41 PM > To: bind-users@lists.isc.org > Subject: Re: CNAME only zone? > > On Friday 09 December 2011 10:25:36 Lightner, Jeff wrote: > > Is it possible to create a zone file that only contains a CNAME? > > As already answered, no. > > > The request I got is to create a CNAME to point shop4water.com to > > shop4water.hostedbywebtstore.com. > > You can ask your registrar if they can/will do this in the parent > "com." zone. I have seen ugliness of this type from either Network > Solutions or register.com before, not sure which. > > > We own shop4water.com - hostedbywebstore.com is something external > > that we don't own. > > Do note that hostedbywebtstore is not the same as hostedbywebstore; > we're sticklers for precise spelling. > > Also note that other workarounds will solve the same problem in a > better way. > -- > Offlist mail to this address is discarded unless > "/dev/rob0" or "not-spam" is in Subject: header > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to > unsubscribe from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users > > > > > Athena(r), Created for the Cause(tm) > Making a Difference in the Fight Against Breast Cancer > > --------------------------------- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential > information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you > are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or > use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. > If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply > immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and > delete it. Thank you. > ---------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to > unsubscribe from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
