domain name entries in a zone

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Preston Wade <Preston_Wade at hilton.com> wrote:
> Hello All,

> I would like to start some conversations around valid domain name =
> entries in a zone file.  It would seem to me that out of the more common =
> records the only valid entries for a domain name would be a SOA record, =
> some MX records and some NS records.  We have several customers that =
> would like an A record for the domain name.  So that when some enters =
> foo.com in the browser the user would actually get to the web site.  =
> Some customers would even like a CNAME record for the domain name, so =
> that they could have a primary domain and have other domains CNAME to =
> the primary domain.  I have tested this in BIND 9 and it doesn't seem to =
> like the CNAME record for a domain.  I have found very little about this =
> topic on the web so I figured this list could provide me some direction.

> Thanks,
> Preston

See rfc1034 and rfc1035 


Nothing has changesd since then ....

CNAMES is illegal at zone top, an A record is pretty normal and considered
good manors.


-- 
Peter Håkanson         
        IPSec  Sverige      ( At Gothenburg Riverside )
           Sorry about my e-mail address, but i'm trying to keep spam out,
	   remove "icke-reklam" if you feel for mailing me. Thanx.