Type A and AAAA records require that the Address field be an IP address.
If the domain name is not fully qualified (ending with '.'), it will be qualified by appending the Zone name:
'www' => 'www.myzone.com.'Character | Meaning | Example |
@ | The @ character can be used to stand for the name of the parent zone. |
@ (becomes zone.com.) www.@ (becomes www.zone.com.) |
* | You can use the * character only at the beginning of the Address |
*.zone.com. * |
/ | You can use the / character only in Reverse Lookup Addresses that end with '.in-addr.arpa.' |
1.0/24.3.4.5.in-addr.arpa. 1.2.0/16.3.4.in-addr.arpa. |
& | Addresses that end in .& will have the & character changed to 'in-addr.arpa.' |
1.2.3.4.& (becomes 1.2.3.4.in-addr.arpa. ) 1.2.0/16.3.4.& (becomes 1.2.0/16/3.4.in-addr.arpa. ) |