In article <mailman.1072.1358349671.11945.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>, Oliver Peter <li...@peter.de.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 02:57:48PM +0000, Baird, Josh wrote: > > Is it acceptable to have a wildcard CNAME? Example: > > > > * IN CNAME somewhere.com. > > > > Or, would it be advised to only use wildcard 'A' records? > > Not valid since there should be SOA and NS records for somewhere.com, > the CNAME would conflict with them. But wildcards only synthesize records that are actually queried for. If no one ever asks for these SOA and NS records, the conflicts will never occur. They're the DNS equivalent of trees falling in a forest. -- 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