2 Basic BIND questions...

[Mark Andrews]

> In article <d7iai0$279n$1 at sf1.isc.org>, msis at bombersman.com wrote:
> 
> > G'day all,
> > 
> > I have two questions regarding configuration for bind 9. I want to be
> > able to alias an outside host using bind. In my hosts file i have this:
> > 
> > 1.2.3.4   server   server.domainexternal.com
> > 
> > My domain however is inside my local network, whereas domain external
> > is on the internet. I would just like to know where to put an alias for
> > this server in my DNS configuration so that it has the same
> > functionality as the hosts file.
> 
> Make your server authoritative for the zone named 
> "server.domainexternal.com", and put an A record in that zone file.

	Barry I think he want to add a CNAME record to a internal
	zone.

	e.g.
		server CNAME server.domainexternal.com.
 
	Mark
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