wildcard cnames

Mark Damrose mdamrose at elgin.cc.il.us
Mon Apr 8 13:06:34 UTC 2002


"William Stacey" <staceyw at mvps.org> wrote in message
news:a8rdgg$l5e at pub3.rc.vix.com...
> Using this example, what is the second record that would need to change?
> Thanks.
>
> -- wjs
> ...
> > >> @  A      x.x.x.x
> > >> *  CNAME  @
> > >
> > >Ok, this one does not add value and is exactly equivalent to
> > >* IN A x.x.x.x
> >
> > If x.x.x.x changes, your way would require changing two records, the
CNAME
> ...
>
@  A      x.x.x.x
*  CNAME  @

Only the A needs to change when the IP changes.

@  A      x.x.x.x
* IN A x.x.x.x

Both A records need to change.  Of course, if your zone looks like this,
it's probably not a big deal.




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