How to host a naked domain on a CDN?

Question

If I have a domain that I wish to serve "naked" eg http://examp.le/, and efficiently with a CDN, what are my options?

The issue is that the CDNs I looked at all want you to use a CNAME so that they can do geo ip lookup. CNAMES are not meant to be served at the same level as other records, and this apparently breaks some dns resolvers. You at least need SOA and MX records at the same level for a naked domain.

The only solutions are: having A records in your own dns, thus skipping the geo ip, or finding a cdn who will allow delegation of the whole domain so they can do geo ip things for the A record directly.

I've tried googling and can't find any Cdn who offers this. Any ideas? I looked closely at Amazon cloudfront and rackspace cloudfiles. I couldn't work it out for those.

Answer 1

The issue is really if your DNS provider allows you to use a CNAME for the root domain name as many only allow an A record for the root domain name.

This post also deals with the issue.