link name to ip in bind

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Mon Jun 12 21:01:44 UTC 2000


Brian Ventura wrote:

> use a CNAME an A record cannot point to a name.  A CNAME may.  Also on the
> end of that line, have a trailing period.  otherwise it becomes:
>
> mtfworldwideservers.cjb.net.qldwide.com.
>
> bob.localdomain.com. IN CNAME jim.remotedomain.com.
>
> allows bob in my domain to be the same as jim in another domain.
>
> Nick wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> > I need to point a sub domain to a address not an IP ( look below on last
> > line )
> > now of course .
> > Seeing as  mtfworldwideservers.cjb.net does not have a statik ip  does
> > anyone know how this can be done
> >
> > Regards
> > Nick
> >
> > $ORIGIN qldwide.com.
> > @               IN      SOA     ns1.wildcomm.net. admin.qldwide.com. (
> >                 200005612006    ; Serial
> >                 10800           ; Refresh
> >                 3600            ; Retry
> >                 604800          ; Expire
> >                 86400 )         ; Default TTL
> >                 IN      NS      ns1.wildcomm.net.
> >                 IN      NS      ns2.wildcomm.net.
> > @               IN      A       61.12.26.33
> > $ORIGIN qldwide.com.
> > battlecom       IN      A       mtfworldwideservers.cjb.net

As for the larger problem of mapping a static name to a dynamic address,
I think there are sites like dyndns.org that provide this service. Can't say
how well it works, since I've never had any reason to use them...


- Kevin





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