Jeff Weisberg on Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:46:05 -0400 |
| I really do disagree. Because I can leave off the left hand side, | and have the semantic meaning remain. Witness this example out of | eclipsed.net's zone file: I'm not sure why this confuses you. I see nothing confusing. | @ IN A 66.92.234.99 the address (A) of '@' (aka 'eclipsed.net') is '66.92.234.99'. '66.92.234.99' is an address. the $TYPE of $LEFT is $RIGHT. $RIGHT is a $TYPE. | IN MX 100 mail.eclipsed.net. the mail exchange data (MX) of 'eclipsed.net' is '100 mail.eclipsed.net.'. '100 mail.eclipsed.net.' is mail exchange data. the $TYPE of $LEFT is $RIGHT. $RIGHT is a $TYPE. | IN NS grappa.eclipsed.net. the nameserver (NS) of 'eclipsed.net' is 'grappa.eclipsed.net.' 'grappa.eclipsed.net.' is a nameserver. the $TYPE of $LEFT is $RIGHT. $RIGHT is a $TYPE. | IN NS ns1.netisland.net. | IN NS ns2.netisland.net. | IN NS ns3.netisland.net. | All of these RR types are descriptions of eclipsed.net (expressed | here ONLY as @, shorthand for the declared zone). yes, that is correct. | And if that doesn't convince you, what about the SOA record? That convince me of what? that: | DNS terminology unfortunately DRASTICALLY misuses the word | "canonical", but that really is what the C in CNAME stands for no, sorry. I am having trouble seeing the confusion. mail CNAME cliff-claven.example.com. the canonical name (CNAME) of 'mail' is 'cliff-claven.example.com.' 'cliff-claven.example.com.' is the canonical name. the $TYPE of $LEFT is $RIGHT. $RIGHT is a $TYPE. --jeff _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
|
|