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<br>Very helpful. Thank you. I was not expecting a subdomain by that name.<br><br>And as you point out it has a cname at the apex ... which I thought was not allowed.<br><br><i>Isn't it true that a cname record can't co-exist with any other record in a zone file? <br><br>So if the soa record in the zone file is for www.careerone.com.au ... how does the cname record get defined and loaded successfully?<br><br></i><br><br><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Subject: Re: question about how a particular dig works ...<br>> From: Niall.oReilly@ucd.ie<br>> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:22:40 +0100<br>> CC: bind-users@lists.isc.org<br>> To: sun-guru@live.com<br>> <br>> <br>> On 18 Sep 2012, at 14:45, M. Meadows wrote:<br>> <br>> > dig www.careerone.com.au +short @8.8.8.8<br>> > www.careerone.com.au.edgesuite.net.<br>> > a903.g.akamai.net.<br>> > 208.44.23.99<br>> > 208.44.23.121<br>> > <br>> > Why does the above dig work when <br>> <br>> If you try <br>> <br>> dig +trace www.careerone.com.au<br>> <br>> you'll find that the www... subdomain is delegated to a different<br>> set of name servers.<br>> <br>> Besides, there's a CNAME at the apex ...<br>> <br>> /Niall<br>> <br></div> </div></body>
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