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Date:      Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:08:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net>
To:        J Bacher <jb@jbacher.com>
Cc:        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.4.21.0009291003240.625-100000@veager.siteplus.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0009290852460.8156-100000@ns.shawneelink.net>

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On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, J Bacher wrote:

> 
> > On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Andy Wolf wrote:
> >  
> > > We use two A records now and therefor accept redundancy. The reverse lookup
> > > of course can only point to one of the labels.
> > 
> > The general consensus throughout the industry seems to be that C names are
> > evil.
> > 
> > I have never been bitten by just using A names.
> 
> 
> The efficiency of the CNAME record is that is eliminates oversight when
> re-IPing a network, subnetwork or group of servers.

Agreed...  

I could also see this subject turning into a HOLY war.  Similar to
that of how small reverse blocks of IP's should be handled. 

Cheers,

Jim



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