Re: Can DNS nameserver return domain name instead of IP address?
<silentser@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to configure a DNS nameserver so that when performing a
> domain name resolution instead of returning the IP address of the
> nameserver authoritative for the corresponding child zone, it would
> return its domain name. For example, is it possible to have a NS
> record in a DNS resolution table
> (e.g. US. NS A.GTLD.BIZ.)
> without a corresponding A record and simply get A.GTLD.BIZ domain
> name when resolving us. domain?
That is already what you get. What's the problem?
> The reason for this question is to figure out whether it's possible to
> have a name resolution system that would be an overlay to the existing
> DNS and could be deployed using standard DNS software?
Totally possible. But why break the existing structure? Wouldn't it be
easier to use a different address class, or different records types?
Groetjes,
Maarten Wiltink
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