[Pdns-users] CNAME pointing to URL forwarding record

[Leen Besselink]

On 03/31/2011 09:18 AM, Anthony Eden wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Stefan Schmidt <zaphodb at zaphods.net
> <mailto:zaphodb at zaphods.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Anthony,
>
>     On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Anthony Eden
>     <anthonyeden at gmail.com <mailto:anthonyeden at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         When I point a CNAME record to a URL forwarding record
>         PowerDNS returns a SERVFAIL for the CNAME query when I go
>         through a resolver. If I dig directly against the
>         authoritative server it works just fine. Any suggestions on
>         how I can fix this, other than just replacing the CNAME with
>         another URL
>

Actually, if you use dig and pay really close attention you should see
you request www.wemakednssimple.com <http://www.sunnybliss.com>

But it returns wemakednssimple.com. without the www. Which is wrong. A
recursor will recognise this and just ignore that part of the answer
(there is nothing else in the answer so you get nothing).

I don't know what the cause is, but this is the result and why it
doesn't work.

>         forwarding record?
>
>
>     Please tell us what you dig for and which server - presumably
>     yours - you are asking.
>     As there is no such thing as a "URL forwarding record" in DNS in
>     general, is it safe to assume that you mean a "URL" fancy record
>     type such as in http://doc.powerdns.com/fancy-records.html ?
>
>
> Working: dig @ns1.dnsimple.com <http://ns1.dnsimple.com>
> www.wemakednssimple.com <http://www.sunnybliss.com>
> Not working: dig @8.8.8.8 <http://8.8.8.8> www.wemakednssimple.com
> <http://www.sunnybliss.com>
>
> And yes, by URL forwarding record I mean the URL fancy record type as
> described in the PowerDNS documentation.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Sincerely,
> Anthony Eden
>
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