Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 07:50:10 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Matthew Joseff <mjoseff@hellenco.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CNAME vs A records (clarification) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003130748560.20190-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003121426540.79357-100000@retribution.net>
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A cname is an alias for another box and takes 2 lookups (first to get that its a cname, second to get the IP of the actual name) - where an A record appears like a direct name to IP. So to avoid confusion at a firewall - A records would have in-addr.arpa. On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Matthew Joseff wrote: > Can someone correct and/or confirm my understanding of CNAME vs A records: > > CNAME should be used for a host that exists on (potentially) another > server but uses that domain. > > A records should be used as an alias for a host but co-exists with other > hosts. > > So: > > www IN A (IP address) > foo IN A (same IP as www) > bar IN CNAME (some other IP or hostname) > etc IN A (bar's hostname) > > So in this case, bar should be the only one out of the four that has a > reverse entry? > > I think I'm confusing myself. > > -- > Matthew Joseff | #!/bin/sh > www.hellenco.com | echo "What's your username again?" > mjoseff@hellenco.com | read LUSER > | rm -rf /home/$LUSER > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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