Bind9 DNS "partially" working

Hi,

I have an strange issue with bind9 which I can't solve.

I have defined my own and local domain, domain.local.
In the forward resolution file I have the following entries:

Code:domain.local. IN A 172.17.70.1
www IN CNAME domain.local.nslookup resolves domain.local and www.domain.local as 172.17.70.1 (as expected).

However, http or ping commands only reply to www.domain.local, and not to domain.local.

iWhat am I doing wrong?

Thanks!