Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 12:36:23 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Operador del sistema <operador@nietzsche.webcaribe.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quick off-topic about named Message-ID: <20001213123622.A30955@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012121724210.4916-100000@nietzsche.webcaribe.net>; from operador@nietzsche.webcaribe.net on Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 05:31:50PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012121724210.4916-100000@nietzsche.webcaribe.net>
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On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 05:31:50PM -0500, Operador del sistema wrote:
> hi, can a MX record point to a host that is in a CNAME of other host?
> ej:
> domain IN MX mail
> mail IN CNAME mail2
> mail2 IN A x.x.x.x.
>
> if it's possible, is a good and secure way?
>
Generally speaking, every name that appears on the right needs to be
the canonical name. ie NO CNAMEs. Check out "DNS and Bind", by Albitz
& Liu, published by O'Reilly for detailed explanations.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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