Re: dns entry for top domain name

well.i do want to resolve <everything>.foo.com as well..thats why i
had the wildcard there..

but like you said..the

foo.com. in a 192.168.1.2

line should resolve foo.com right?

how come its not?

as of now i can resolve blah.foo.com, but not foo.com




On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:23:36 -0500, Kevin Darcy <kcd@daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:
> John wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm trying to figure out what would be the correct entry in the db
> >file so i can resolve a top domain..
> >
> >ie..i want to resolve
> >
> >foo.com
> >
> >
> >what would i need to have in the file?
> >
> >i tried.
> >
> >* in a 192.168.1.2
> >foo.com. in a 192.168.1.2
> >
> >
> >
> >and that didnt seem to work for foo.com...it works to resolve
> ><everything>.foo.com
> >
> >but what's the line i need to resolve foo.com itself?
> >
> The second line by itself should have been sufficient. One would only
> have the first line if one wanted the wildcarding behavior.
>
> - Kevin
>
>