[DNSOP] RFC2317 Question: Resolving cname delegation

Hector Santos <hsantos@isdg.net> Thu, 24 August 2017 15:47 UTC

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Subject: [DNSOP] RFC2317 Question: Resolving cname delegation
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I have a question related to RFC2317 "Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation."

Earlier this year, I switched from a class C bank of 256 addresses to 
a reduced  set of 32 ips (/27).  To get PTR queries to work, RFC2317 
was referred by my ISP to prepare the delegation.

Having implemented RFC2317, I noticed with PTR lookups directly 
against my own DNS server, it returns the proper host names, no 
cnames.   When the query is done against other DNS servers, it returns 
the CNAME which points to the expected host name(s).  This I 
understand is the expected RFC2317 method setup by the ISP.

Not expecting this in my DNS resolver code, I modified the resolver to 
take the CNAMEs into account and return the host names instead.  Was 
this the correct thing to do, thus providing the same results 
regardless of the query location?

Reading RFC2317, section 5.1 and section 5.3, it sounds what I did was 
ok.'

I have various PTR lookup scripts that did not expect the CNAME in the 
PTR query as RFC2317 indicates may happen, thus possibly failing a PTR 
requirement, i.e. SMTP receiver connection, etc.

Before I release my updates, I wonder if this was the right thing to do.

Thanks

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HLS