[Dnsmasq-discuss] NODATA-reply on AAAA-CNAME-queries where no A-record exists

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Thu May 5 14:45:18 BST 2011


Tom Fernandes wrote:
>> 
>> This behaviour may even be RFC-conform as there is no A-record for 
>> media.foo.bar.local.

Simon wrote:
> I disagree: it looks like a bug to me: pure and simple. The problem is
> that cnames aren't checked in check_for_local_domain() in rfc1035.c.
> It looks like naptr records got missed to, but I doubt anyone has
> tripped over that one!

Bah, I just realised I got the sense of your original mail backwards:
for the avoidance of doubt, I agree that Windows_DNS server is behaving
correctly and dnsmasq has it wrong.

Cheers,

Simon.





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