A name has a CNAME and other records at the same time.

ZONE_CNAME_WITH_OTHER_DATA · Severity: Error

• ErrorZONE_CNAME_WITH_OTHER_DATA

  A name has a CNAME and other records at the same time.

  A name with a CNAME may hold no other data except DNSSEC records (RFC 1034 section 3.6.2, RFC 2181 section 10.1). Resolvers then answer inconsistently and many loaders refuse the zone. The evidence names the other types.

  Recommendation: Keep either the CNAME or the other records for that name.

Reported by

• Zone file checker

Available through the API

• Zone file checker API

Related findings

• Error ZONE_CNAME_AT_APEX The zone apex has a CNAME record.
• Warning ZONE_DIRECTIVE_IGNORED The zone file uses $INCLUDE or $GENERATE, which were not read.
• Warning ZONE_DUPLICATE_RECORD The same record appears more than once in the zone.
• Error ZONE_MULTIPLE_CNAME A name has more than one CNAME record.
• Error ZONE_MULTIPLE_SOA The zone has more than one SOA record.
• Warning ZONE_NO_DEFAULT_TTL Records without a TTL appear before any $TTL line.

All findings