<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Hey gurus.<br><br></div>I have a strange issue with CNAME records that I hope you can help me solve, or at least clarify why it is like this.<br><br></div>I have a CNAME, <a href="http://service.my-domain.com">service.my-domain.com</a>, pointing to <a href="http://host.other-domain.com">host.other-domain.com</a>.<br></div>Now, if the A record for <a href="http://host.other-domain.com">host.other-domain.com</a> is managed by my PowerDNS, this works fine.<br></div>If, on the other hand, <a href="http://host.other-domain.com">host.other-domain.com</a> is hosted by third party, the recursor functionality of PowerDNS seems strange. In stead of trying to resolve <a href="http://host.other-domain.com">host.other-domain.com</a> on the upstream server, it tries to resolve the original request, i.e. <a href="http://service.my-domain.com">service.my-domain.com</a>.<br><br></div>Is this expected behaviour? Or have I botched my configuration somehow?<br><div><div><div><div><br clear="all"><div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table>
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