In article <mailman.507.1323556030.68562.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>, Mark Andrews <ma...@isc.org> wrote:
> In message > <CAA3U4eO=EbKB2ECSS4F1=ff22rpk2xcbp7qdua3autxxap8...@mail.gmail.com> > , =?UTF-8?B?6aOO5rKz?= writes: > > 2011/12/10 Lightner, Jeff <jlight...@water.com>: > > > 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 > > your zone apex to a CNAME. This allows CloudFlare users to host on > > EC2, Rackspace's Cloud, Google App Engine, or other cloud hosts and > > use their naked domain (e.g., yourdomain.com) without forcing a hack > > solution to a subdomain (e.g., www.yourdomain.com). > > > > http://blog.cloudflare.com/zone-apex-naked-domain-root-domain-cname-supp > > While you can change what a authoritative server allows the real > problem is what recursive servers do when they have a CNAME record > in the cache you you actually want resolvers to see the other records > that live beside the CNAME. If CloudFlare is similar to Akamai's solution, recursive servers never see the CNAME record. Instead, when the auth server receives the query for the A record of the apex, it performs its own query for the CNAME, and returns the result of this. -- Barry Margolin Arlington, MA _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users