[dns-operations] Wildcard label as CNAME target seen in the wild

Dave Lawrence tale at dd.org
Thu Mar 7 21:55:07 UTC 2019


Interesting:

; <<>> DiG 9.12.4 <<>> vault-at-sso.edge.chnonprod.net
;;;...
;; ANSWER SECTION:
vault-at-sso.edge.chnonprod.net. 300 IN CNAME \
                             *.internal-default.edge.chnonprod.net.
*.internal-default.edge.chnonprod.net. 900 IN CNAME \
                             internal-default.edge.chnonprod.net.
internal-default.edge.chnonprod.net. 60 IN CNAME \
                             internal-default-us-east-1.edge.chnonprod.net.
internal-default-us-east-1.edge.chnonprod.net. 60 IN A 172.25.97.122
internal-default-us-east-1.edge.chnonprod.net. 60 IN A 172.25.66.57
internal-default-us-east-1.edge.chnonprod.net. 60 IN A 172.25.81.150

This fails on systems which are enforcing LDH hostname rules.
Observed, not just theoretical.




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