On Jul 18, 2013, at 1:18 PM, John Miller <johnm...@brandeis.edu> wrote: > I know that for the following record in example.com's zone file: > > host.example.com. IN CNAME otherhost > > BIND will return: > > host.example.com. <TTL> IN CNAME otherhost.example.com.
Assuming $ORIGIN is set to example.com, but yes. > Is this behavior required anywhere in the RFCs, or would > > host.example.com. <TTL> IN CNAME otherhost. > > be equally valid from an RFC perspective? Obviously this would also pertain > to NS, MX, SRV, PTR, etc. records. "otherhost." is equally valid from an RFC perspective, or "otherhost.other.domain." If there is a trailing dot, the CNAME target is assumed to be fully qualified, otherwise $ORIGIN is appended just as it would be for any other record using an unqualified name. Regards, -- -Chuck _______________________________________________ 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