How to set up DNS to only add aliases?

Barry Margolin barmar at bbnplanet.com
Thu Aug 19 18:36:34 UTC 1999


In article <190819991619581895%itavor at vic.bigpond.net.au.REMOVEME>,
Itai Tavor  <itavor at vic.bigpond.net.au.REMOVEME> wrote:
>Mathias Koerber wrote:
>
>Good question... first, I want to control the aliases so I don't have
>to wait for the ISP to add/change them for me. Second, I don't want to
>take over primary. I don't need the added hassle or responsibility. If
>what I want to do can't be done, I'll just have to continue asking the
>ISP to add aliases. But I won't be happy.

I don't understand this.  What difference do you think there is between
"control the aliases" and "take over primary"?  The definition of a primary
(now called "master") DNS server is the server where the data originates.

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