Re: Pick a name, any name...
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 04:39, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> Ben Armstrong wrote:
> > Bah, that's what CNAME is for.
>
> that is _NOT_ what a CNAME is for. a CNAME is for when the hostname is
> in a domain that is OUTSIDE of your control.
>
> ie: evil.debian.org -> www.msn.com = CNAME (we don't control the msn.com
> domain)
> forge.debian.org -> quantz.debian.org = A (we control the debian.org
> domain, so we can save the internet by REDUCING THE NUMBER OF
> UNNECESSARY DNS LOOKUPS AND REDUCE THE END USERS DELAY WITH DNS LOOKUP
> REQUIREMENTS)
How does that save the Internet?
DNS entries are cached and don't cause that much traffic.
Having CNAME entries pointing to your own A records is OK, just as having
symbolic links pointing to your own files on the same file system is OK.
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