Glue record... how to.. what is?

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Steve Job <lists at winnie.tiggee.com> wrote:


> I am getting a bad score from dnsstuff.com since I am not sending a 
> glue record with the CNAME record.

> mail.xxxsomain.com is a CNAME to smtp.secureserver.net
> My nameserver is not authoritive for smtp.secureserver.net.
> My nameserver also does not allow recursive queries.

Obfuscating domains will take off 110 points 

> How would I configure Bind to append a glue record for a domain that is not 
> configured for my nameserver.

You don't. That's the way it works in DNS. A CNAME is a pointer to some other
server that knows.

> --------------
> Took off 10 points for having a CNAME (mail.xxxdomain.com is really smtp.secureserver.net.) with no glue, which causes extra DNS
> lookups.
> -------------------


> Thanks for any help,
> -Steve



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