Query regardign CNAME

John Levine johnl at iecc.com
Wed Jan 1 21:41:22 UTC 2014


>>>xyz.gov.in.	DNAME	xyz.in.
>On 01.01.14 18:16, John Levine wrote:
>>Except that DNAME only applies to names under xyz.gov.in, not to
>>xyz.gov.in itself.
>
>Usually because xyz.gov.in must already have SOA and NS records and
>therefore it's not possible to redirect it easily.

That's what DNAME does, regardless of where in the DNS tree it is.  It
redirects the subtree under the DNAME but not name where the DNAME is.
You can put other RRs (except CNAME of course) at the same name as the
DNAME.

>I found single DNAME easier than playing with $INCLUDE.

If it does what you want, sure.  In the frequent case that it doesn't,
you need to do something else.

R's,
John


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