A records in response with CNAME records

2012-06-28 Thread Srinivas Krishnan
A lot of times we get responses that look like: a.b.c.d CNAME x.y.z x.y.z IP 1.1.1.1 BIND always sends out an additional query as soon as it encounters the CNAME it stops processing and either x.y.z. is in cache or needs another query to respond. Is there a setting in BIND to actually use the

CNAME+A record in response

2012-06-28 Thread Srinivas Krishnan
A lot of times we get responses that look like: FOO.BAR CNAME EXAMPLE.BAR EXAMPLE.BAR A 1.1.1.1 BIND currently (atleast with the default settings) when it encounters a CNAME stops processing and checks if EXAMPLE.BAR is in cache or else sends out another query to resolve it even though the A rec

Re: CNAME Rules

2012-06-25 Thread Srinivas Krishnan
adding it into the Additional section. Am I wrong ? -srinivas On Monday, June 25, 2012 5:55:50 PM UTC-4, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Jun 25, 2012, at 2:34 PM, Srinivas Krishnan wrote: > > You are using a caching resolver to check the responses and you only see > > response after its b

Re: CNAME Rules

2012-06-25 Thread Srinivas Krishnan
re checked for CNAMEs. Is that correct ? -srinivas On Monday, June 25, 2012 5:53:04 PM UTC-4, Mark Andrews wrote: > In message > > , Srinivas Krishnan writes: > > The RFC rules on CNAMEs is fairly tight but I am seeing an increasing > > amount of traffic with misconf

Re: CNAME Rules

2012-06-25 Thread Srinivas Krishnan
query to wordpress. Is having a CNAME in the additional section regular CNAME chaining, my understanding was that additional sections do not contain CNAMEs. -srinivas On Monday, June 25, 2012 5:29:24 PM UTC-4, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Jun 25, 2012, at 2:13 PM, Srinivas Krishnan wrote: >

CNAME Rules

2012-06-25 Thread Srinivas Krishnan
The RFC rules on CNAMEs is fairly tight but I am seeing an increasing amount of traffic with misconfigured CNAMEs some of which are accepted by BIND as valid responses. The examples capture three trends, note these are actual responses: 1) Example-1: CNAME in the additional section necessary to fi