Point domain name of my zone to name in somebody else's zone?

Mark Andrews marka at isc.org
Wed May 7 22:34:03 UTC 2014


In message <536AAF39.6000105 at ksu.edu>, "Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng." writes:
> DNAME ?

No.  DNAME redirects the names under it.  It does not redirect the
owner name.

> On 05/06/14 11:44, Rom, Gloria wrote:
> > Yup, that=92s what I was asking. Thanks.
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> > Gloria Rom
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> > UCLA Library Digital Initiatives and Information Technology
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> > gloriar at library.ucla.edu <mailto:gloriar at library.ucla.edu>
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> > *From:*bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org
> > [mailto:bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org] *On Behalf Of *Kevin Darcy
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 06, 2014 9:39 AM
> > *To:* bind-users at lists.isc.org
> > *Subject:* Re: Point domain name of my zone to name in somebody else's zo=
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> > The apex name of a zone can't own a CNAME, if that's what you're asking. =
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> > the name "example.com" can't be a CNAME pointing at "otherexample.com".
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> > But, of course, you can certainly put A and/or AAAA records at the apex, =
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> > resolve to one or more addresses in one or more ranges you don't own/cont=
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> >             - Kevin
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> > On 5/6/2014 12:31 PM, Rom, Gloria wrote:
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> >     Hello All,
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> >     Here=92s an easy one.
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> >     I administer a zone that consists of a few names, each of which point=
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> >     a name in a zone that I do not administer.
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> >     Now my project manager wants to resolve the domain name of my zone to
> >     another name in that foreign zone.
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> >     Can I tell him that it can=92t be done, or have I overlooked a clever
> >     workaround? I=92m running an oldish version of BIND 9.
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> >     Thanks,
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> >     Glo
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> >     Gloria Rom
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> >     UCLA Library Digital Initiatives and Information Technology
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> >     gloriar at library.ucla.edu <mailto:gloriar at library.ucla.edu>
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