Wildcard CNAME record?

[Tony Finch]

Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar at fantomas.sk> wrote:
> On 16.01.13 14:57, Baird, Josh wrote:
> > Is it acceptable to have a wildcard CNAME?  Example:
> >
> > *             IN           CNAME                somewhere.com.
> >
> > Or, would it be advised to only use wildcard 'A' records?
>
> while it is technically valid, I don't think it's acceptable to use solutions
> that require wildcards ;-)

RFC 4592 is enlightening in a rather unpleasant manner.

Tony.
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