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Date:      Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:25:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net>
To:        John Turner <john@drexeltech.com>
Cc:        Andy Wolf <Andy.Wolf@nextra.de>, 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:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009290915360.416-100000@veager.siteplus.net>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.0.20000929090943.00b07008@mail.johnturner.com>

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On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, John Turner wrote:

> 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.

I'm not sure I understand how adding an A record is any more time
consuming than adding a C record.  How are they harder to keep strait?  I
may be doing unnecessary work.

Jim



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