Re: CNAME only zone?

2011-12-09 Thread 风河
2011/12/10 Lightner, Jeff : > Is it possible to create a zone file that only contains a CNAME? > Some nameservers can setup that, though it's breaking the RFC. quote: Never one to let a RFC stand in the way of a solution to a real problem, we're happy to announce that CloudFlare allows you to set

Re: bind as a service on windows "-c" option not working

2011-12-09 Thread WBrown
> This is not the answer I am looking. If the parameter exists, it's must > working. Have you tried issuing the command from a command prompt? Confidentiality Notice: This electronic message and any attachments may contain confidential or privileged information, and is intended only for th

Re: bind as a service on windows "-c" option not working

2011-12-09 Thread Vbvbrj
On 09.12.2011 22:15, wbr...@e1b.org wrote: No luck: The following information is part of the event: none:0: open: C:\WINDOWS\system32\etc\named.conf: file not found So why not put the configuration file there. Then use the "directory" option to direct BIND to look for all the zone files on the

Re: bind as a service on windows "-c" option not working

2011-12-09 Thread WBrown
> No luck: The following information is part of the event: none:0: open: > C:\WINDOWS\system32\etc\named.conf: file not found So why not put the configuration file there. Then use the "directory" option to direct BIND to look for all the zone files on the D: drive. options { directory

Re: bind as a service on windows "-c" option not working

2011-12-09 Thread Vbvbrj
On 09.12.2011 21:32, wbr...@e1b.org wrote: How to tell the named running as a service to read the config file from the path specified with "-c" option? Try changing path to executable by moving quote: "D:\bind9\bin\named.exe" "-c D:\bind_config\etc\named.conf" No luck: The following informati

Re: CNAME only zone?

2011-12-09 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 09.12.11 17:52, Lightner, Jeff wrote: Also - why is it a registrar can do a CNAME only but we mere mortals can't? Because if you want CNAME, you must put it directly to he .com zone what mere mortals just can not. And I wonder if any registrar allows that. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...

Re: bind as a service on windows "-c" option not working

2011-12-09 Thread WBrown
> How to tell the named running as a service to read the config file from > the path specified with "-c" option? Try changing path to executable by moving quote: "D:\bind9\bin\named.exe" "-c D:\bind_config\etc\named.conf" Confidentiality Notice: This electronic message and any attachments m

Re: CNAME only zone?

2011-12-09 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On Friday 09 December 2011 10:25:36 Lightner, Jeff wrote: The request I got is to create a CNAME to point shop4water.com to shop4water.hostedbywebtstore.com. On 09.12.11 11:41, /dev/rob0 wrote: You can ask your registrar if they can/will do this in the parent "com." zone. I have seen ugliness

BIND for Active directory with secure update

2011-12-09 Thread Vbvbrj
Hello. I've setup BIND to serve the requests to lan instead of Microsoft DNS by first setting bind as a secondary dns server for Microsoft DNS, copy the zones, and making the BIND the master. In order for domain member hosts to update the records of the their names in dns, I allow unsecure up

bind as a service on windows "-c" option not working

2011-12-09 Thread Vbvbrj
Bind 9.8.1 P1 installed in D:\bind9. Config files and other zone files and log files in D:\bind_config Service configuration: Path to executable" "D:\bind9\bin\named.exe" -c "D:\bind_config\etc\named.conf" named.conf has the line: directory "D:\named.conf"; If the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

RE: CNAME only zone?

2011-12-09 Thread Dixon, Justin
> "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

Re: CNAME only zone?

2011-12-09 Thread /dev/rob0
Please do not top-post. Thank you. On Friday 09 December 2011 11:52:58 Lightner, Jeff wrote: > "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? Not knowing the exact situation puts me at a distinct h

RE: CNAME only zone?

2011-12-09 Thread Lightner, Jeff
"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? 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

Re: CNAME only zone?

2011-12-09 Thread /dev/rob0
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/wil

Re: CNAME only zone?

2011-12-09 Thread Phil Mayers
On 09/12/11 17:08, Phil Mayers wrote: i.e. put an "A" record at the zone apex, with the IP of the "other" server. It does mean you need a script / process in place to update the A record if the name ...blast. "if the IP of the other server changes"

Re: CNAME only zone?

2011-12-09 Thread Jan-Piet Mens
> I don't know what you mean by that. Apex of what exactly - my zone > file? Can you tell me exactly what the zone file should look like > with the CNAME record at the "apex"? Determine the address(es) for the target domain name shop4water.hostedbywebtstore.com (I'm using 127.0.0.1 as an example

Re: CNAME only zone?

2011-12-09 Thread Phil Mayers
On 09/12/11 16:55, Lightner, Jeff wrote: I don't know what you mean by that. Apex of what exactly - my zone file? The zone is a tree. The records at the apex of the zone are those with the same name as the zone - normally the SOA, NS, MX, and other records. Since all zones must have a SOA a

RE: CNAME only zone?

2011-12-09 Thread Lightner, Jeff
I don't know what you mean by that. Apex of what exactly - my zone file? I can make a zone file that simply has a CNAME in it with no SOA, serial number etc...? As noted I do not own the target zone so I can't update any records there. Can you tell me exactly what the zone file should look lik

Re: CNAME only zone?

2011-12-09 Thread Phil Mayers
On 09/12/11 16:25, Lightner, Jeff wrote: Is it possible to create a zone file that only contains a CNAME? This comes up a lot, it seems. No. CNAME conflicts with any other record - including the SOA and NS records required at the apex. You will have to put an A record at the apex. _

CNAME only zone?

2011-12-09 Thread Lightner, Jeff
Is it possible to create a zone file that only contains a CNAME? The request I got is to create a CNAME to point shop4water.com to shop4water.hostedbywebtstore.com. We own shop4water.com – hostedbywebstore.com is something external that we don’t own. I’ve reviewed past posts and searched the i

bind-9.6-ESV-R5-P1 crash!!!

2011-12-09 Thread Issam Harrathi
Hi All, I discover that bind-9.6-ESV-R5-P1 (configured as a cache-recursor server) crash in this case: 1/ logging statement are like that: logging { category default { default_syslog; default_debug; }; category lame-servers { null; }; }; 2/ i send 3 qps using tcpreplay from a