Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 07:13:53 -0600 (CST) From: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com> To: John Saunders <john.saunders@nlc.net.au> Cc: phil grainger <thi226@iname.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help wanted! Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9902010706030.7530-100000@mercury.webnology.com> In-Reply-To: <19990201113502.2584.qmail@nhj.nlc.net.au>
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On 1 Feb 1999, John Saunders wrote:
> It's also a good idea to create a bunch of CNAMES (aliases) in the DNS
> so it looks like you have 1 service per host, then direct the service
> to the host it is on. This lets you move things around without disturbing
> users. e.g.
> ns1.domain.com.au primary name server
> ns2.domain.com.au secondary name server
Let me just point out that using a CNAME for a name server address is a
no-no. Only one DNS resource record type can refer to a CNAME in its data
field, and that's a CNAME itself. The same deal applies to MX records
(can't point to a CNAME), so mail.domain.com.au probably shouldn't be a
CNAME, either. Use redundant A records, instead. With that caveat, I
wholeheartedly agree with John's suggestion.
Cheers,
Mick
The Reverend Jasper P. O'Malley dotdot:jooji@webnology.com
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