I did, but my thought would be it's up to the dns admin to define those zone configurations as you have done. I may be wrong though.
Jan 12, 2025 6:36:03 PM Lee <ler...@gmail.com>: > On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM Eric wrote: >> >> That is means that the 'domain' is reserved and can be used locally. It >> doesn't specify all records in that namespace / domain will resolve to >> 127.0.01. >> >> Think of it like .com >> >> If you want every A record in *.localhost to resolve to 127.0.0.1 what you >> did will do that. > > Did you look at the RFC? > > 4. Caching DNS servers SHOULD recognize localhost names as special > and SHOULD NOT attempt to look up NS records for them, or > otherwise query authoritative DNS servers in an attempt to > resolve localhost names. Instead, caching DNS servers SHOULD, > for all such address queries, generate an immediate positive > response giving the IP loopback address... > > 5. Authoritative DNS servers SHOULD recognize localhost names as > special and handle them as described above for caching DNS > servers. > > So OK.. SHOULD isn't the same as MUST so bind as configured isn't > violating that RFC. But is there a _good_ reason to not follow the > SHOULD recommendation? > > Thanks, > Lee > >> >> Jan 12, 2025 4:38:09 PM Lee: >> >>> Excuse my ignorance, but >>> >>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6761#section-6.3 >>> >>> The domain "localhost." and any names falling within ".localhost." >>> are special in the following ways: >>> >>> sure seems to mean that if I lookup curlmachine.localhost I should get >>> a 127.0.0.1 or ::1 address returned. Correct? >>> >>> I had to change my db.local file to >>> >>> $ cat db.local >>> ; >>> ; BIND data file for local loopback interface >>> ; >>> $TTL 604800 >>> @ IN SOA localhost. root.localhost. ( >>> 3 ; Serial >>> 604800 ; Refresh >>> 86400 ; Retry >>> 2419200 ; Expire >>> 604800 ) ; Negative Cache TTL >>> ; >>> @ IN NS localhost. >>> @ IN A 127.0.0.1 >>> @ IN AAAA ::1 >>> >>> * IN A 127.0.0.1 >>> IN AAAA ::1 >>> >>> >>> to make localhost and curl.localhost work. >>> >>> Is this wrong? and if so, why? >>> >>> TIA, >>> Lee >>> -- >>> Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from >>> this list >>> >>> ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. >>> Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. >>> >>> >>> bind-users mailing list >>> bind-users@lists.isc.org >>> https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
