SOA MNAME usage and restrictions

Karen Etheridge ether at armadillonetworks.com
Fri Oct 26 23:02:57 UTC 2001



Hi,

Does the MNAME field of the SOA record need to be the *canonical* name for
the primary master for the zone, or can it be an alias?

What happens if the name of a slave is used in the MNAME field instead
of the primary master (say, if there is a desire to keep the location
the primary absolutely secret, in a stealth server setup)?  The notify
feature uses the MNAME value in its determination of who to send NOTIFY
messages to, but where else is it used?

thanks,


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Karen Etheridge, ether at armadillonetworks.com
Armadillo Networks, Inc.  604-871-4340 x3642


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