On 7/27/07, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's what CNAME records in the DNS are for. > > <snip>
vm1foo01-eth0 IN A 123.45.67.89 > vm1foo01-hsi0 IN A 10.11.12.13 > vm1foo01 IN CNAME vm1foo01-eth0 > > In the reverse zone files, we create: > > 123.45.67.zone: > 89 IN PTR vm1foo01-eth0.guest.com. > > 10.11.12.zone: > 13 IN PTR vm1foo01-his0.guest.com. <snip> Another host might create a DNS entry for vm1foo01, but want to refer to > the hipersocket interface only. They create: > > vm1foo01 IN CNAME vm1foo01-hsi0.guest.com > > and any reference they make to vm1foo01 goes to the hipersocket > interface. > > Doesn't this second entry conflict with the other CNAME entry? Does this mean you have to have two DNS servers to implement it this way? It seems like it would be ok to direct traffic to vm1foo01-his0.guest.comeven when the host thinks of itself as vm1foo01, but other than confusion are there any dragons there? -- Jay Brenneman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
