Rogelio wrote:

Not sure if this is the best place to ask this question (and if so, please point me to a better listserv), but is there anything "wrong" RFC or best practice wise with pointing a CNAME record to a DNS server?

(I'm using EveryDNS.net, and I'd like to make my CNAME records ns1->4.myDomain.com correspond to ns1->ns4.EveryDNS.net.)

RFC doesn't permit the use of aliases to define zone servers.

There is no shame though in listing the everydns name servers directly in your zone. I have done that in the past when I setup zones that had external name servers that were secondary, but authoritative.

-Ross

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Rogelio wrote:

Not sure if this is the best place to ask this question (and if so, please point me to a better listserv), but is there anything "wrong" RFC or best practice wise with pointing a CNAME record to a DNS server?

Of course not... it is completely off-topic for a CentOS list. Since you are relying on their (free) service it is a good idea to ask everydns what they support ... Looks like http://faq.everybox.com/general/what-NS-set-should-I-use has your answer. I can tell you that using CNAMEs for name servers is just not going to work.