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Asked: 2011-01-19 12:42:42 +0800 CST

Can DNS host records be setup to create wildcard sub-subdomains

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Is it possible to create a wildcard host record for a sub-subdomain ie *.foo.example.com?

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    Yes, in the general case. DNS supports this, bind zonefiles support this. If you're using a management UI, you'll need to check what's supported by that.

    @ORIGIN example.com.
; ...
*.foo  IN A  192.0.2.1

    Note that if you create another record for an item in foo, then that will stop the wildcard from providing a record. Wildcards only match where no other name matches. So you'll need to explicitly provide the data that the wildcard would have provided.

    @ORIGIN example.com.
; ...
*.foo       IN A    192.0.2.1
fred.foo    IN TXT  "Fred was here"
fred.foo    IN A    192.0.2.1
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