Can I have a *.domain.com A record

2009-10-26 Thread ram
Is it possible to have a A record for *.domain.com I know *.domain records works for MX records , not sure wether they work for A records ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users

Re: Can I have a *.domain.com A record

2009-10-26 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 04:01:31PM +0530, ram r...@netcore.co.in wrote a message of 10 lines which said: Is it possible to have a A record for *.domain.com Technically, yes. It is a very bad idea, but it works. I know *.domain records works for MX records , not sure wether they work for A

Re: Can I have a *.domain.com A record

2009-10-26 Thread Mike Ragusa
http://www.rfc-archive.org/getrfc.php?rfc=4592 This link should help you. On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:17 AM, ram r...@netcore.co.in wrote: On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 11:39 +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 04:01:31PM +0530, ram r...@netcore.co.in wrote a message of 10

Re: Can I have a *.domain.com A record

2009-10-26 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 05:47:57PM +0530, ram r...@netcore.co.in wrote a message of 20 lines which said: If wildcard DNS is a bad idea, Wildcards *address* records (A and ), not all wildcards. See http://www.icann.org/committees/security/ssac-report-09jul04.pdf or

Re: Re: Can I have a *.domain.com A record

2009-10-26 Thread Peter Laws
Hey! RTFRFC! :-) Except a scanning of that RFC doesn't say anything about not using them, only in clarifying RFC 1034's intentions regarding wildcards. So, why is it a very bad idea? Peter Mike Ragusa wrote: http://www.rfc-archive.org/getrfc.php?rfc=4592 This link should help you. On

Re: Can I have a *.domain.com A record

2009-10-26 Thread Mark Andrews
In message 4ae5c6cc.8020...@ou.edu, Peter Laws writes: Hey! RTFRFC! :-) Except a scanning of that RFC doesn't say anything about not using them, only in clarifying RFC 1034's intentions regarding wildcards. So, why is it a very bad idea? Peter What is legal and what works well are