On Tue, 2024-03-26 at 08:00 -0400, Victoria Risk wrote: > We have a knowledgebase article on the topic of ‘alias’ records: > https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01640. The article is a bit out of date, > but still basically valid. It is not specific to the implementation > you mention however.
Thanks! That was very much spot on. It suggests a reason why someone might say an ALIAS is faster than a CNAME; it's because the authoritative server does its own lookup. A recursive querier does not have to get the CNAME back then do another query. Seems like a bit of a line ball to me. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au, he/him) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer -- Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users