On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 10:40:39PM -0400, Stuart D. Gathman wrote:
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, guy wrote:
watkins-home.com. A 1.2.3.4
txt "v=spf1 a -all"
www.watkins-home.com. CNAME watkins-home.com.
txt "v=spf1 -all"
The txt record for "www.watkins-home.com." gives an error.
I get an error similar to this in the messages file:
named[16521]: dns_master_load: master/watkins-home.com.db:4:
www.watkins-home.com: CNAME and other data
Is this a problem? Can "www.watkins-home.com." be forged?
Yes. You cannot mix CNAME with other records for a name. This is
a DNS restriction.
Wrong! The answer is 'no, www.watkins-home.com can not be forged', since the
spf record for watkins-home.com will be used when checking spf on
www.watkins-home.com. You are right of course that CNAME does not mix with
other records.
Should I change the CNAME to A?
Yes.
Again, wrong! Unless you want a different TXT record on www.watkins-home.com
compared to the one on watkins-home.com.
Koen
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