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Date:      Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:13:33 -0400
From:      John Turner <john@drexeltech.com>
To:        Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net>, Andy Wolf <Andy.Wolf@nextra.de>
Cc:        James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net>, Jan Knepper <jan@digitaldaemon.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: DNS: having domain1.com and domain1.net point to the same IP.
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.0.20000929090943.00b07008@mail.johnturner.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009290820270.272-100000@veager.siteplus.net >
References:  <001301c02a0d$480b5ea0$f1d761c2@andy.seicom.net>

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At 08:24 AM 9/29/2000 -0400, Jim Weeks wrote:

>The general consensus throughout the industry seems to be that C names are
>evil.

I've never heard this.  CNAME records have a very specific use, when used 
that way they work great.  CNAME records are for roles, not hosts.  If I 
had to use A records for all of my DNS records, it would take hours of 
management per week.  Once I have A records in place, I use CNAMEs, this 
makes changes very easy.


>I have never been bitten by just using A names.

True, to a point.  Get hundreds of A records, and you'll get bit by not 
having enough time in the day to keep everything straight.

- John Turner




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