CNAME as nameserver?

[James Raftery]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 06:35:14AM +0200, Clemens Hermann wrote:
> is it allowed to have a nameserver which is itsself a CNAME (BIND8)?

No. As a rule, record with CNAMEs should not appear on the right-hand
side of an RR.

> Does this work in general or must a nameserver always be the real name
> of the server?

Real name. Same goes for MX records, BTW.


Regards,

james
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