* in a zone file ?

[Cricket Liu]

RJHM van den Bergh <rvdb at nedernet.nl> wrote in message
news:<935526202.19450.0.pluto.c29fe22b at news.demon.nl>...
> I do have a question about the dns zone file.
> I looked up the content of the domain I registered.
>
> I did found an unknown RR configuration in the zone file.
>  *                              A     212.204.192.3
> What does that astrix (*) mean ?

It's a wildcard.  It matches zero or more labels.

> I've soon have to setup my own domain server.
> And I couldn't found it in my books or the dns howto.

Good grief, which books do you have?

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