Re: Questions about DNAME records

2009-06-19 Thread Joseph S D Yao
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 07:58:31AM +0100, Braebaum, Neil wrote: > I'm happy with the concept of views, and have used them previously. > > Ideally, though (as Chris mentioned) I don't want to have to manage zone > data for the externally used domain, both on my name servers, and those > where it's

RE: Questions about DNAME records

2009-06-19 Thread Braebaum, Neil
the domain to my internal nameservers. Neil > -Original Message- > From: bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org > [mailto:bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Joseph S D Yao > Sent: 19 June 2009 02:43 > To: Chris Buxton > Cc: Braebaum, Neil; bind-us...@isc.org &

RE: Questions about DNAME records

2009-06-19 Thread Braebaum, Neil
ins looks to be very useful - many thanks for that. Neil > -Original Message- > From: bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org > [mailto:bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Joseph S D Yao > Sent: 19 June 2009 02:43 > To: Chris Buxton > Cc: Braebaum, Neil; bind-us...@

Re: Questions about DNAME records

2009-06-18 Thread Joseph S D Yao
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 02:12:07PM -0700, Chris Buxton wrote: ... > Yes, that will absolutely work. But the OP requested a method that did > not involve managing the public data in two places. ... Which is exactly what views are for. External data is kept in ONE file, as below. named.conf:

Re: Questions about DNAME records

2009-06-18 Thread Chris Buxton
On Jun 18, 2009, at 9:08 AM, Joseph S D Yao wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 07:44:38AM -0700, Chris Buxton wrote: ... Setting aside the DNAME record, what you're trying to accomplish is something frequently requested - a private overlay on an otherwise public zone that doesn't obscure the public

Re: Questions about DNAME records

2009-06-18 Thread Joseph S D Yao
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 07:44:38AM -0700, Chris Buxton wrote: ... > Setting aside the DNAME record, what you're trying to accomplish is > something frequently requested - a private overlay on an otherwise > public zone that doesn't obscure the public zone. But it doesn't work > the way you wa

Re: Questions about DNAME records

2009-06-18 Thread Chris Buxton
On Jun 17, 2009, at 3:51 AM, Braebaum, Neil wrote: What I was hoping to do was create, or perhaps more correctly, cater for a specific and small number of records for example.com. (by DNAME'ing to example2.com.) internally, by creating a very simple zone with the DNAME to example2.com. - mer

RE: Questions about DNAME records

2009-06-17 Thread Braebaum, Neil
> -Original Message- > From: Chris Buxton [mailto:cbux...@menandmice.com] > Sent: 16 June 2009 15:40 > To: Braebaum, Neil > Cc: Bind Mailing > Subject: Re: Questions about DNAME records > > On Jun 16, 2009, at 1:37 AM, Braebaum, Neil wrote: > > What I wa

Re: Questions about DNAME records

2009-06-16 Thread Michael Milligan
Chris Buxton wrote: > On Jun 15, 2009, at 2:37 AM, Braebaum, Neil wrote: > Now, ignoring that invalid "www" record, the zone above has an apex > (example.com itself) and then essentially infinite ghostly children. Any > valid query that lands in that domain (i.e. the qname ends in > example.com) bu

Re: Questions about DNAME records

2009-06-16 Thread Chris Buxton
On Jun 16, 2009, at 1:37 AM, Braebaum, Neil wrote: What I was getting at - probably worded poorly - was say I wanted to provide resolution for something like:- _service._tcp.example.com. if I'd previously created the DNAME record (example.com.IN DNAME example2.com.), would cre

Re: Questions about DNAME records

2009-06-15 Thread Chris Buxton
On Jun 15, 2009, at 2:37 AM, Braebaum, Neil wrote: I just have a couple of questions about DNAME records:- Say I have:- example.com.IN DNAME example2.com. If I catered for the names in example2.com. that I want to be able to use from example.com., would subdomains and

Questions about DNAME records

2009-06-15 Thread Braebaum, Neil
I just have a couple of questions about DNAME records:- Say I have:- example.com.IN DNAME example2.com. If I catered for the names in example2.com. that I want to be able to use from example.com., would subdomains and resource records be allowed? And secondly, if the name