Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 09:27:29 -0500 (EST) From: hometeam <hometeam@techpower.net> Cc: Matthew Joseff <mjoseff@hellenco.com>, FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CNAME vs A records (clarification) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003130913260.8396-100000@techpower.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003130748560.20190-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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Example: mynet.net. IN A 192.168.0.1 foo IN CNAME mynet.net. bar IN CNAME mynet.net. etc IN CNAME mynet.net. smtp IN CNAME mynet.net. www IN CNAME mynet.net. Reverse 1.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR mynet.net. all the above CNAMES are just aliases hope this helps.... > > Can someone correct and/or confirm my understanding of CNAME vs A records: > > > > CNAME should be used for a host that exists on (potentially) another > > server but uses that domain. > > > > A records should be used as an alias for a host but co-exists with other > > hosts. > > > > So: > > > > www IN A (IP address) > > foo IN A (same IP as www) > > bar IN CNAME (some other IP or hostname) > > etc IN A (bar's hostname) > > > > So in this case, bar should be the only one out of the four that has a > > reverse entry? > > > > I think I'm confusing myself. > > > > -- > > Matthew Joseff | #!/bin/sh > > www.hellenco.com | echo "What's your username again?" > > mjoseff@hellenco.com | read LUSER > > | rm -rf /home/$LUSER > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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