On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 11:29:27PM +0100, Cathy Almond wrote: > On 20/06/2017 14:17, Maria Iano wrote: > > As has been explained already, no answer, no error means that the name > exists, but not an RRset of the type you queried for. > > Since the ANY query also comes back empty, you've probably got a > situation something like this in the zone: > > sample 7200 IN A 192.0.2.53 > child.sample 7200 IN A 192.0.2.54 > * 7200 IN A 192.0.2.101 > > If you delete the 'sample' RR, the wildcard will still not match any > queries for sample. This is because the existence of 'child.sample' > means that 'sample' also exists, even though it has no RRsets of any type. > > 'sample' in this case is what's called an 'Empty Non-Terminal'. > > Does this scenario explain what you are seeing? > > Cathy
Yes it does, that is exactly what was happening and we are in good shape now. I was able to explain to the users and they plan to delete the child records. I did recommend to them that they not use wildcard records, but they continue to need them. Thank you for the detailed explanation! Maria _______________________________________________ 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
