Search Again: Re: name server aliases From: Mia''s Virtual Post Office Date: Wednesday, September 6, 2000 Time: 5:18:30 pm Global Homes Webmaster said: >On 09/06/00 at 18:48, Mia's Virtual Post Office wrote: > >> Is it possible to alias or us a cname for a ns record? I have a customer >> that would like to create the following: >> >> ns.theirserver.com CNAME jer.mia.net >> ns2.theirserver.com CNAME ns2.mia.net >> >> Is this possible? > >According to DNS & BIND, CNAMEs should not be used in the data portion of a >record, so using the above CNAMEs along with > > theirserver.com NS ns.theirserver.com > theirserver.com NS ns2.theirserver.com > >would be a Bad Thing. In fact DNS&B uses an NS record example just like this >to illustrate the point. Any reason you wouldn't want to use A records >instead? > > I know that it is not proper in DNS and BIND, however, there are about a gazillion things that should not be done, like CNAME chaining, etc.. but hell if it works! So I guess what I am trying to do is appease a customer that wants to have it look like he has some autonomy here so that when someone does a "whois" they see his NameServer, which are really ours. So I suppose I could create A records for his name servers, but the inverse is not going to be their since these IP's already have PTR records for our respective IPs. But I cannot see where a PTR record is important where it concerns a DNS server. thanx, jer www.hostdrive.com Colocate Your G4 Cube at cubelocation.com NetZero = What this company will "NET" --- "ZERO" Hey, I bought my Apple Stock @ $18, WHO'S LAUGHING NOW!!!

Messages In This Thread: name server aliases by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Sep 6, 2000 at 4:49:07 pm Re: name server aliases by Aaron Lynch on Sep 6, 2000 at 5:04:46 pm Re: name server aliases by Global Homes Webmaster on Sep 6, 2000 at 5:09:38 pm Re: name server aliases by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Sep 6, 2000 at 5:18:30 pm Re: name server aliases by Men & Mice Support on Sep 6, 2000 at 5:22:30 pm Re: name server aliases by Global Homes Webmaster on Sep 6, 2000 at 5:29:25 pm Re: name server aliases by Men & Mice Support on Sep 6, 2000 at 5:39:17 pm Re: name server aliases by Global Homes Webmaster on Sep 6, 2000 at 5:46:28 pm Re: name server aliases by Aaron Lynch on Sep 6, 2000 at 5:57:26 pm Re: name server aliases by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Sep 6, 2000 at 6:03:30 pm Re: name server aliases by Aaron Lynch on Sep 6, 2000 at 6:31:50 pm