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Yeah, you should never see anything like "IN ALIAS" in the output of dig, for example, and getaddrinfo(3) wouldn't know what to do with that sort of record. It'
by namecast 13y ago
Yeah, you should never see anything like "IN ALIAS" in the output of dig, for example, and getaddrinfo(3) wouldn't know what to do with that sort of record. It's all internal to the authoritative NS.
...which is a bummer, because doing this adds a weird sort of black box step in the DNS resolution chain between client and server. It makes troubleshooting DNS problems not so much fun.
- zimbatm 13y agoAgreed and the option is often displayed along other real DNS records names adding to the confusion if you're not familiar with DNS systems.