Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 16:00:16 -0800 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> To: "Doug Barton" <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions List" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CNAME vs A records (clarification) Message-ID: <032b01bf8c7f$1e0f07e0$0200000a@danco.home>
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> There is no such concept as "alias" in DNS. Erase it from your mind. A
>records point hostnames to IP addresses. CNAME records point hostnames
>to other hostnames. Except for very rare and temporary cases you
>shouldn't use CNAME's at all, especially if you don't really understand
>all of the implications.
So this is more proper?
mydomain.com A 123.45.67.890
www.mydomain.com A 123.45.67.890
instead of:
mydomain.com A 123.45.67.890
www.mydomain.com CNAME mydomain.com
I've read the O'Reilly book, but am still fuzzy. What are "all of the
implications" that might fubar you if you use CNAME's?
Thanks,
--Dan
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