--- Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) [Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 07:03:44PM +0800]: --- > > I was reading "Linux Administration Handbook" to learn about BIND 9. It > has a section on configuring BIND 9 for IP addresses that uses a CIDR > netmask of "/26". The book called it "CNAME hack". > > http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=GB_O89fnz_sC&pg=PA406&lpg=PA406&dq=bind+cname+hack+byte+boundary&source=web&ots=wHXdK1DTkn&sig=ofbOawLJZkCiFGPSnDLItMKfroU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result > > IS there an official name for this trick?
i have always known this as ``the CNAME hack'', as that's exactly what it is.
