DNS recommendations - the paper

> > 	www  IN A 123.45.67.10 123.45.67.11	; multiple hardware
> 
> is this syntax legal?  i believe you need
> 
>         www     A 123.45.67.10
>                   123.45.67.11

	the syntax is not legal, you are correct in your revised
	example.  I'd also note that it would be prudent to use
	IP prefixes and domains expressly reserved for documentation
	use instead of other, viable prefixes/domain lables.

...
Nov 24 13:20:45 darkstar named[25281]: rr-domain/rrset.ep.net: line 14: database format error ()
Nov 24 13:20:45 darkstar named[25281]: primary zone "test.zone" rejected due to errors (serial 1925620)
...
;
rrset.ep.net. IN    SOA     ns.isi.edu. bmanning.isi.edu. (
                        1925620 ; Serial
                        10800   ; Refresh - 3hrs
                        900     ; Retry - 15min
                        604800  ; Expire - 1000hrs
                        129600 )        ; Minimum - 36hrs
        IN      NS      NS.ISI.EDU.
        in      ns      dot.ep.net.
;
;
test    in      a       192.168.2.11 192.0.2.11
;
....

Good references:  RFC 1536; RFC 1912


--bill