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Re: How to `handle` all subdomain requests of a specified zone?



On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Ivo Marino wrote:

Hello folks,

  I would like to configure my DNS server (Debian based BIND 9) in
order to handle `automagically` all subdomain requests of a given zone.

This is known as "wildcard dns". There are implications to doing this that may not be immediately obvious. Please consider carefully before going down this road. Many experienced sysadmins avoid this practice as they would bird flu.

I'm not saying don't do it, I'm just saying make sure you are aware of the consequences.

A useful article from the Internet Architecture Board:

http://www.iab.org/documents/docs/2003-09-20-dns-wildcards.html

Rob

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