Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:25:04 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: M C Wong <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd.org and cdrom.com DNS Message-ID: <199609170325.UAA08744@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:27:32 EST." <199609170227.AA142777254@relay.hp.com>
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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 ? It was a configuration error in the cdrom.com zone file which I fixed a couple of days ago. > 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 ? I can't parse this, sorry. freefall.cdrom.com is a CNAME for freefall.freebsd.org - does that answer your question? -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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