While wildcard records are legal. Most people don't use them
properly and get caught by the side effects of wildcard record.
Using wildcard records to save a few lines in a zone file is
generally wrong. Rather than getting a negative answer at the
DNS level, the application has to go through the process of
discovering that the name doesn't exist after establishing a
connection.
It also impacts on the search algorithms in resolvers.
If you have a way of identifying every name in use in a
zone then it is better to use specific names than wildcards.
Mark
>
> Liam:
>
> You hit the nail on the head. However, instead of using an A record, I would
>
> recommend a CNAME, that way you don't have to do anything strange in your
> reverse database. This works for me:
>
> dflx IN A 67.36.126.141
> * IN CNAME dflx.flanigan.net.
>
> Dave
>
> --
> Kind Regards,
> David A. Flanigan
>
> dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.flanigan.net
>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: "Liam MacKenzie" <misclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bind9-users@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:36:13 +1000
> Subject: Catchall subdomain
>
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I was wondering, how would you go about setting up a catchall subdomain...
> >
> > For example... Instead of having:
> >
> > $ttl 38400
> > nudenurd.com. IN SOA ns1.operationenigma.com.
> > webmaster.nudenurd.com. ( 1014281308 10800 3600 604800
> > 38400 ) nudenurd.com. IN NS ns1.operationenigma.com.
> > www.nudenurd.com. IN A 203.45.222.134 mail.nudenurd.com. IN A 203.45.222.13
> 4
> > nudenurd.com. IN A 203.45.222.134
> > blahblah...
> >
> > Is it possible to have something like:
> >
> > $ttl 38400
> > nudenurd.com. IN SOA ns1.operationenigma.com.
> > webmaster.nudenurd.com. ( 1014281308 10800 3600 604800
> > 38400 ) nudenurd.com. IN NS ns1.operationenigma.com.
> > *.nudenurd.com. IN A 203.45.222.134
> >
> > Know what I mean?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Liam
> ------- End of Original Message -------
>
>
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