On Sun, 2009-02-01 at 04:05, Al Stu wrote: > The basic argument that because it can be misused, abused, criminally > exploited, etc., it should be abolished, not permitted, and deemed "illegal" > by a group of people who should not have that authority, even though it has > practical and beneficial uses is absurd. By that same logic automobiles > should also be abolished and we should all just go back to horse and buggy. > Oh wait, those too should be abolished based on that same logic. > >
FFS.. piss off > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Milligan" <mi...@acmeps.com> > To: "Al Stu" <al_...@verizon.net> > Cc: <bind-users@lists.isc.org> > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 10:20 AM > Subject: Re: BIND 9.6 Flaw - CNAME vs. A Record in MX Records are NOT > "Illegal" > > > > You just don't get it. You are off wandering around in the weeds. > > > > Read the tail end of Chapter 5 in the book "DNS and BIND" describing the > > MX selection algorithm in layman's terms to (perhaps) understand why > > having MX records referencing CNAMEs is bad. > > > > It may work right now for you, but referencing CNAMEs in MX records > > eventually _will_ cause delivery loops the next time you accidentally > > fat-finger a config. If you continue to be hard-headed about this and > > not listen to the 100s of years of collective wisdom dispensed, then go > > ahead and leave yourself set up for a potential DoS against yourself, > > we're not going to stop you... and we're not going to feel sorry for > > you either. > > > > FIN > > > > Regards, > > Mike > > > > Al Stu wrote: > >> Analyze this. > >> > >> Query MX dns.com > >> > >> Response MX nullmx.domainmanager.com > >> > >> Query A nullmx.domainmanager.com > >> > >> Response CNAME mta.dewile.net, A 64.40.103.249 > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
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