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I have domain example.com. I have a static cdn subdomain where I want to serve all my static files from called scdn.example.com. I want all wildcard subdomains to be redirected to example.com. Is this redirection done through DNS or my webserver? In the DNS I added a CNAME *.example.com record and pointed it to example.com. However, this wildcard CNAME record is blocking the scdn.example.com one. How do I make it so scdn.example.com can point to some IPv4 address and not being included into the wildcard subdomain? I even pointed scdn.example.com to an IPv4 with an "A" Record but the wildcard is taking priority.

I hope that makes sense, if not, please let me know.

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    That makes sense, but what you want is also normal behaviour for a well-behaved DNS server. What DNS server are you using? Or is this some outsourced web-based horror? Any chance you could un-redact the domain? It's really helpful to be able to see what's going on with DNS questions. – MadHatter Jun 28 '14 at 17:33
  • @MadHatter I am using AWS Route 53. I don't think I am allowed to un-redact the domain. I will consult the technical contact and see if I can un-redact. – user1757703 Jun 28 '14 at 17:39
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    I've just checked it with some of the domains I manage on Route 53, and it's as I'd expect: the specific records override the wildcard, which I think is what you want. Unless you're willing to un-redact your domain, I don't think we can help much. – MadHatter Jun 28 '14 at 17:42
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    In case it helps, see http://serverfault.com/questions/485137/lame-dns-server for an earlier example of a DNS question where having the domain name was completely vital to solving the problem. If that had been redacted, we'd never have been able to help. – MadHatter Jun 28 '14 at 17:48

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