> -----Original Message----- > > [ ... ] > > On 23.01.09 23:06, Barry Margolin wrote: > > Why don't you just use normal reverse DNS: > > > > zone for 1.1.1.in-addr.arpa > > > > 1 IN PTR metis.local. > > IN PTR bob-www-sol-l01.local. > > accorging to the above, metis.local is a CNAME, so the > reverse should point to bob-www-sol-l01.local. - pointing it > to metis.local. would be incorrect. > And although two or PTRs usually make no problems, it's > recommended not to do that, because some SWs jsut can't > handle that (even if they would all be correct). So, keep > only PTR to bob-www-sol-l01.local. >
Section 3.3.12 of RFC 1035 (PTR RDATA format) appears to say that no constraints are placed upon a domain-name that is the RDATA of a PTR record, that it is simple data and no special meaning or further processing is associated with it (hence implying that it is ok if that domain-name is defined as a CNAME somewhere else in the domain space). Is that not the case? Is there some other part of the DNS specification that forbids it? Ben Bridges > -- > Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ > Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. > Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. > BSE = Mad Cow Desease ... BSA = Mad Software Producents > Desease _______________________________________________ > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users > _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users