Bind 9.2.3 and wildcard entries

Barry Margolin barmar at alum.mit.edu
Tue Jul 20 20:30:04 UTC 2004


In article <cdjup4$2kgi$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "Christopher T. Beers" <ctbeers at syr.edu> wrote:

> We are trying to create a quarantine network at Syracuse University.  To 
> support this, we are looking to configure DNS so that almost all entries 
> point to a particular IP address (which has a website to help our troubled 
> students).
> 
> Anyhow we do this like this in Bind 9.2.1 on our current system:
> 
> -----------
> ; this is the default record
> *               IN      A       128.230.18.61
> ; these hosts are then specifically permitted
> cms.syr.edu.    IN      A       IP ADDRESS
> other.entries.that.we.really.want.to.resolve.correctly
> 
> -----------

Some context is necessary -- what zone is loading this zone file?

> 
> In 9.2.3 this does not work.  Any chance this has something to do with ISC 
> disabling Verisign SiteFinder services in the code?  If so, are there any 
> option that I can put in the named.conf or a patch to allow this to happen 
> on our quarantine network?
> 
> Also looks like bug id 1448 ([bug] Handle empty wildcards labels.) could 
> have broken the functionality we need.  Appreciate the help (and I am not 
> subscribed to the list so please copy me on replies).
> 
> Regards,

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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