Re: [DNSOP] Mandated order of CNAME records in a CNAME chain?

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Mon, 03 October 2016 01:11 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Mandated order of CNAME records in a CNAME chain?
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>No.  libresolv has checked the owner names of the A (and AAAA)
>records for decades now skipping any records that don't match.

Just out of nosiness, match what?  The end of the CNAME chain or any
of the CNAMEs?  (Yes, I realize the latter is broken.)

R's,
John