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Status Already Exists
Categories 13. Other
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 4, 2019

Fix CNAME violation of DNS specification

Multiple friends and colleges can't reach the idea lab, because you CNAME record violates the DNS specifications:

 

$ dig connections-ideas.hcltechsw.com

; <<>> DiG 9.11.4-3ubuntu5.4-Ubuntu <<>> connections-ideas.hcltechsw.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10284
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;connections-ideas.hcltechsw.com. IN    A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
connections-ideas.hcltechsw.com. 238 IN    CNAME    https://connections.ideas.aha.io.
https://connections.ideas.aha.io. 3111 IN A    35.171.201.123

;; Query time: 2 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53)
;; WHEN: Mo Nov 04 13:31:30 CET 2019
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 122

 

In our company it works, seems depending on the culance of the DNS server.

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    Dec 10, 2019

    also https://domino-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas is broken due to a invalid DNS record entry.
    Chrome and Internet Explorer ignore the invalid DNS entry and render the site, Firefox and Chromium can't render the site.