While we are on the subject of named...

[David Bandel]

On 11/16/05, Chong Yu Meng <chongym at cymulacrum.net> wrote:
> A. Khattri wrote:
>
[snip]
> >
> >Often you will see something like this in a BIND zone file:
> >
> >domain.com             IN      A       1.2.3.4
> >www.domain.com         IN      CNAME   domain.com
> >ftp.domain.com         IN      CNAME   domain.com
> >webmail.domain.com     IN      CNAME   domain.com

missing periods on domain names.

> >
> >(So www., ftp., and webmail. are just aliases to domain.com)
> >
> >
> Here's what I've got
> domainabc.com         IN   A   123.12.3.4

above should be:

domainabc.com.      IN  A  123.12.3.4

> www                            IN   A   123.12.3.4
> mail                             IN   A    123.12.3.4
> apps                            IN   A     123.12.3.4
>
> I changed all the records from CNAME to A.
>
> As you can see, they all point to the same machine. I'm not sure if this
> syntax is "legal" or not.

Perfectly legal.

>
> I asked a friend who lives in the country where the server is co-located
> and he can get very fast response. I have checked on the access log, and
> this fast response is corroborated. But it is strange that in Singapore,
> where I live, the response is terribly slow!!

Firewall at the ISP in Singapore?

>
> The application, which does not belong to me, does a re-direct. Not sure
> why it has to do that either.
>

Sure sounds like a DNS timeout issue.

Ciao,


David A. Bandel
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