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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The name server for <a href="http://www.csrc.gov.cn">www.csrc.gov.cn</a> seem to have a CNAME and SOA record at
<a href="http://www.csrc.gov.cn">www.csrc.gov.cn</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Since RFC 1034 states that “If a CNAME RR is present at a node, no other data should be </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">present…”, what is the expected behavior for a resolver which receives the below response while recurring a query for A record at <a href="http://www.csrc.gov.cn">www.csrc.gov.cn</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><a href="javascript:addhost('www.csrc.gov.cn.')">www.csrc.gov.cn.</a> <span class="help">1800</span> IN <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1035.txt"><span class="help"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">CNAME</span></span></a> <a href="javascript:addhost('www.csrc.gov.chinacache.net.')">www.csrc.gov.chinacache.net.</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a href="javascript:addhost('www.csrc.gov.cn.')">www.csrc.gov.cn.</a> <span class="help">900</span> IN <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1035.txt"><span class="help"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">SOA</span></span></a> <a href="javascript:addns('ns.csrc.gov.cn.')">ns.csrc.gov.cn.</a> <a href="mailto:root@csrc.gov.cn?subject=www.csrc.gov.cn" title="root@csrc.gov.cn">root.csrc.gov.cn.</a> 200212011 <span class="help">28800</span> <span class="help">14400</span> <span class="help">60</span> <span class="help">900<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span class="help"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span class="help"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Should the resolver return srv fail to the client.<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre>
<pre><span class="help"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></pre>
<pre><span class="help"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre>
<pre><span class="help"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Prasad<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
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