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From: M C Wong <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com>
Subject: freebsd.org and cdrom.com DNS
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Date: Tue, 17 Sep 96 12:27:32 EST
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Hi,
    Just some simple questions based on the following:

1) nslookup www.freebsd.org
Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    freefall.FreeBSD.org
Address:  204.216.27.18
Aliases:  www.freebsd.org

2) nslookup freefall.cdrom.com
Name:    freefall.cdrom.com
Addresses:  204.216.27.18, 204.216.27.18
Aliases:  freefall.cdrom.com

3) nslookup 204.216.27.18
Name:    freefall.FreeBSD.ORG
Address:  204.216.27.18

4) nslookup www.cdrom.com
Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    wcarchive.cdrom.com
Address:  165.113.58.253
Aliases:  www.cdrom.com

    Is freebsd.org and cdrom.com the same machine with 2 NICs ?
Also, in 2) above, why is freefall.cdrom.com a name as well as
an alias at the same time, and it returns 2 same IP address for
it too, why is that ?

    Is freefall.cdrom.com an alias from freebsd.org or is it
a proper name record in cdrom.com zone ? How are the above
configured in actuality ?

    Thanks in advance.