SUMMARY: DNS Generic

[Rafael Angarita]

    Thanks A. Wooden,  C. Pinnock  and R. Kulawiec for your answers.

    The directive I was looking for is $GENERATE

    Original Question:

> I think there is a directive in bind to allow this and avoid to 
> declare each name explicitly, but I don't find it in the 
> documentation... it's something like "generic" I think... but don't know 
> the syntax...



    Below one of the answers:

    1. You're probably looking for $GENERATE, I think.

    2. Don't do it (the naming) this way. Do it this way:

    broadband-0001.dynamic.ourdomain.com
    broadband-0002.dynamic.ourdomain.com

    i.e. put all the end-user allocations (especially if they are
    cable, dialup or DSL using DHCP or similar) in a subdomain, and
    naem the subdomain something that clearly identifies as such.
    Other examples:

    broadband-0001.cablemodem.ourdomain.com

    broadband-0001.dhcp.ourdomain.com

    broadband-0001.dialups.ourdomain.com

    broadband-0001.dsl-users.ourdomain.com

    Why? Because that way you will make it much easier for people
    doing DNS and/or subdomain anti-spam blocking to list only those
    and not your entire domain.

- 
Rafael Angarita
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