On 04/22/14 15:08, Todd Lyons wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Phil Stracchino <phils_at_caerllewys.net> wrote:
>>> % host -t txt dkim._domainkey.caerllewys.net
>>> Host dkim._domainkey.caerllewys.net not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>>
>> *DOH!!!!* I don't believe I didn't see the problem before. There's
>> nothing wrong with the *record* or with the nameserver. It's the
>> underscore in the record *name*. Underscores are not valid in a domain
>> name by default.
>
> As I understand things, _ is not valid in a hostname, but it is valid
> in a DNS RR.
Yes, and it's legal in an IN TXT record. However, due to quirks of
bind9 implicit syntax, it was causing the next A record to fail.
I moved the _domainkey TXT record to the end of each respective zone
file, and it's now working.
--
Phil Stracchino
Babylon Communications
phils_at_caerllewys.net
phil_at_co.ordinate.org
Landline: 603.293.8485
Received on Tue Apr 22 2014 - 19:50:01 PST