On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:33:03AM -0500, Barry Margolin wrote: > In article <mailman.1072.1358349671.11945.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>, > Oliver Peter <li...@peter.de.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 02:57:48PM +0000, Baird, Josh wrote: > > > Is it acceptable to have a wildcard CNAME? Example: > > > > > > * IN CNAME somewhere.com. > > > > > > Or, would it be advised to only use wildcard 'A' records? > > > > Not valid since there should be SOA and NS records for somewhere.com, > > the CNAME would conflict with them. > > But wildcards only synthesize records that are actually queried for. If > no one ever asks for these SOA and NS records, the conflicts will never > occur. They're the DNS equivalent of trees falling in a forest.
Gah, mixed it up, was thinking the other way round. Sorry. -- Oliver PETER oli...@opdns.de 0x456D688F "You need healthy, natural sleep. Chew some Valerian root and get more exercise."
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