Wildcard

[Mark Andrews]

In message <CANYqYkO1-mNCj+r+QSTxi_x1HbQ7veaK__ejWqTKbikKE5iA3g at mail.gmail.com>
, rams writes:
> 
> Hi,
> Greetings. When we have "something.*.<domain>" with cname record, if we
> query domain as "something.abc.<domain>" , bind is not returning answer and
> if i query with same name "something.*.<domain>", getting answer in bind.
> When we have widlcard in middle labels, are we not treating as wildcard
> record? Kindly share info.
> Do we have any specific RFC for this.
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> Ramesh

That isn't how wildcard records work.

something.abc.<domain> matches *.<domain>

See RFC 1034

Mark

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