SRV and CNAMES

[Simon Waters]

Brian Noecker wrote:
> 
> Is it legal to have a SRV referencing a CNAME'd entry:
> 
> test                            IN      CNAME
> mickey.jabber.com.
> _www._tcp.test.jabber.com       IN      SRV     10 0 80
> test.jabber.com.

Good question, but technically off topic ;)

RFC2052 specifies "must be one or more A records for this name".

I'd read that as no aliases allowed, although it would be a lot
clearer if they would use a notation that clearly distinguishes
"domain name", "host name" and "alias", rather than lots of
vague English.