wildcard

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Fri Jul 28 15:47:17 UTC 2000


Q: Bug or feature?
A: Yes.


- Kevin

Frank Liu wrote:

> I am reading RFC 1034 Section 4.3.3 about wildcard in DNS.
>
>     *.X.COM         MX      10      A.X.COM
>     A.X.COM         A       1.2.3.4
> the second entry in the zone file will inhibit the subtree of A.X.COM
> and we will have to add
>     *.A.X.COM       MX      10      A.X.COM
> again.
>
> My question is
> will "D.C.B.A.X.COM A 1.2.3.4" inhibit subtree of A.X.COM from *.X.COM?
> I tried this with Bind-8.2.2P5 and the answer is "yes". I am not
> sure if this is a bug or a feature.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Frank






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