Re: CNAME loop?

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Author: Chris Thompson
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: CNAME loop?
Philip Hazel writes:
>
> On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Neal Becker wrote:
>
> > Exactly what does this message mean?
> >
> > CNAME loop for gensis.cmc.comsat.com encountered
>
> Exactly what it says. The DNS contains
>
> gensis.cmc.comsat.com. 25856 CNAME gensis.cmc.comsat.com.


Actually, the two supposedly authoritative nameservers kato.cws.comsat.com
and misnt3.cmc.comsat.com seem to be totally out of step w.r.t. the
cmc.comsat.com domain (completely different SOA records, for example).
It's only the second which has this self-referencing CNAME.

Chris Thompson               Cambridge University Computing Service,
Email: cet1@???    New Museums Site, Cambridge CB2 3QG,
Phone: +44 1223 334715       United Kingdom.


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