AW: [OFF-TOPIC] Question about ClouDNS (and others') ALIAS records

2024-03-26 Thread Klaus Darilion via bind-users
> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: bind-users Im Auftrag von Jan > Schaumann via bind-users > Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. März 2024 14:44 > An: bind-users@lists.isc.org > Betreff: Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Question about ClouDNS (and others') ALIAS records > > Karl Auer wrote: > > I'm puzzled by the

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Question about ClouDNS (and others') ALIAS records

2024-03-26 Thread Jan Schaumann via bind-users
Karl Auer wrote: > I'm puzzled by the ClouDNS "ALIAS" record. I was wondering if anyone > knows how it is handled "under the hood"? Many DNS service providers have some sort of variation of this, since "aliases at the apex" is a feature many customers need: Akamai uses "Zone apex mapping":

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Question about ClouDNS (and others') ALIAS records

2024-03-26 Thread Karl Auer
On Tue, 2024-03-26 at 08:00 -0400, Victoria Risk wrote: > We have a knowledgebase article on the topic of ‘alias’ records: > https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01640. The article is a bit out of date, > but still basically valid. It is not specific to the implementation > you mention however. Thanks!

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Question about ClouDNS (and others') ALIAS records

2024-03-26 Thread Victoria Risk
Karl, We have a knowledgebase article on the topic of ‘alias’ records: https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01640. The article is a bit out of date, but still basically valid. It is not specific to the implementation you mention however. Vicky > On Mar 26, 2024, at 7:49 AM, Karl Auer wrote: > > I'm

[OFF-TOPIC] Question about ClouDNS (and others') ALIAS records

2024-03-26 Thread Karl Auer
I'm puzzled by the ClouDNS "ALIAS" record. I was wondering if anyone knows how it is handled "under the hood"? It seems to be a non-standard extension that some DNS providers support. It seems to work similarly to, but not quite the same way as, a CNAME. Its big advantage over a CNAME is that it