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Re: [PLUG] dig returns "Transfer failed", what to do?
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> On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 11:37:14AM -0400, epike wrote:
> > that would be true if the hosts have a 1-1 mapping between
> > the names and the IP's (and if the reverse mapping works
> > correctly). all yur going to get here is the canonical
> > names...consider my hosts:
>
> No, what he's getting is precisely *not* canonical names (CNAMEs).
> He's getting pointer (PTR, reverse name) records and address (A)
> records. That's precisely missing any extra A records and CNAMEs.
>
I meant canonical name, not CNAME. I meant that as meaning
the canonical, in the sense of "normalized" as in whatever the
reverse points to. But I
guess I got my terminologies mixed up---but yur right its whatever
PTR record/s says it is.
epike
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