Dig 1 (from virtual machine):

dig CNAME f.nntp.de @192.168.120.2

; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3 <<>> CNAME f.nntp.de @192.168.120.2
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 7445
;; flags: qr aa; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;f.nntp.de.			IN	CNAME

;; ANSWER SECTION:
f.nntp.de.		5	IN	CNAME	f.nntp.de.
f.nntp.de.		5	IN	A	10.100.44.95

;; Query time: 30 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.120.2#53(192.168.120.2)
;; WHEN: Tue Feb 22 15:06:37 2011
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 66

Dig 2 (From Host of virtual machine):


dig CNAME f.nntp.de

; <<>> DiG 9.4.3-P1 <<>> CNAME f.nntp.de
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 33359
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;f.nntp.de.			IN	CNAME

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
nntp.de.		900	IN	SOA	ns1.akk.org. hostmaster.nntp.de. 2011022100 36000 1800 2592000 3600

;; Query time: 31 msec
;; SERVER: 194.12.204.12#53(194.12.204.12)
;; WHEN: Tue Feb 22 15:27:15 2011
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 85

Dig in my virtual maching results in a CNAME self-reference, whereas Dig in the host-system gives correct results.

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