Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-09 Thread Arne Jensen
Den 09-11-2020 kl. 01:10 skrev Matt Palmer: > On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 05:07:26AM -0500, Dovid Bender wrote: >> Sorry if this is a bit OT. Recently several different vendors (in >> completely different fields) where they white label for us asked us to >> remove A records that we have going to them

Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-08 Thread Mark Andrews
> On 9 Nov 2020, at 16:35, Matt Palmer wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 08:01:12PM -0500, Rob McEwen wrote: >> except - don't forget that the root of a domain (that domain without "www." >> or any other label) - cannot have a CNAME as the "A" record - fwiw... > > Yes. I didn't think that w

Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-08 Thread Matt Palmer
On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 08:01:12PM -0500, Rob McEwen wrote: > except - don't forget that the root of a domain (that domain without "www." > or any other label) - cannot have a CNAME as the "A" record - fwiw... Yes. I didn't think that was something that needed to be explained on NANOG, though. -

Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-08 Thread Mark Andrews
> On 9 Nov 2020, at 12:01, Rob McEwen wrote: > > On 11/8/2020 7:10 PM, Matt Palmer wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 05:07:26AM -0500, Dovid Bender wrote: >>> Sorry if this is a bit OT. Recently several different vendors (in >>> completely different fields) where they white label for us asked

Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-08 Thread Rob McEwen
On 11/8/2020 7:10 PM, Matt Palmer wrote: On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 05:07:26AM -0500, Dovid Bender wrote: Sorry if this is a bit OT. Recently several different vendors (in completely different fields) where they white label for us asked us to remove A records that we have going to them and replace

Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-08 Thread Matt Palmer
On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 05:07:26AM -0500, Dovid Bender wrote: > Sorry if this is a bit OT. Recently several different vendors (in > completely different fields) where they white label for us asked us to > remove A records that we have going to them and replace them with CNAME > records. Is there an

Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-06 Thread Doug Barton
On 11/6/20 2:49 PM, Sabri Berisha wrote: - On Nov 6, 2020, at 2:07 AM, Dovid Bender wrote: Hi, Sorry if this is a bit OT. Recently several different vendors (in completely different fields) where they white label for us asked us to remove A records that we have going to them and replace t

Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-06 Thread Sabri Berisha
- On Nov 6, 2020, at 2:07 AM, Dovid Bender wrote: Hi, > Sorry if this is a bit OT. Recently several different vendors (in completely > different fields) where they white label for us asked us to remove A records > that we have going to them and replace them with CNAME records. Is there > an

Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-06 Thread Alain Hebert
    *From:* NANOG mailto:oit...@nanog.org>> on behalf of Dovid Bender     mailto:do...@telecurve.com>>     *Sent:* Friday, November 6, 2020 5:07:26 AM     *To:* NANOG mailto:nanog@nanog.org>>     *Subject:* CNAME records in place

Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-06 Thread Matthias Luft via NANOG
m>> *Sent:* Friday, November 6, 2020 5:07:26 AM *To:* NANOG mailto:nanog@nanog.org>> *Subject:* CNAME records in place of A records Hi, Sorry if this is a bit OT. Recently several different vendors (in completely different fields) where they white label for us a

Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-06 Thread Kevin East
Are you using A records in a domain you own and pointing at their IPs? I'm not aware of any security vulnerability exploiting A vs CNAME. If they are hosting on a domain they own vs one you own, the use of a CNAME would allow them to change the A record IP without less impact to you, it would also

Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-06 Thread Dovid Bender
---- > *From:* NANOG on behalf of Dovid > Bender > *Sent:* Friday, November 6, 2020 5:07:26 AM > *To:* NANOG > *Subject:* CNAME records in place of A records > > Hi, > > Sorry if this is a bit OT. Recently several different vendors (in > completely differ

Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-06 Thread Ray Orsini
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Re: CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-06 Thread Jun Tanaka
Hi, They will set a dynamic IP address on the server, or use a CDN service. --- Jun Tanaka [do...@telecurve.com - Fri, 6 Nov 2020 05:07:26 -0500]: > Hi, > > Sorry if this is a bit OT. Recently several different vendors (in > completely different fields) where they white label for us asked us t

CNAME records in place of A records

2020-11-06 Thread Dovid Bender
Hi, Sorry if this is a bit OT. Recently several different vendors (in completely different fields) where they white label for us asked us to remove A records that we have going to them and replace them with CNAME records. Is there anything *going around* in the security aranea that has caused thi