CName Terminology Question

[Jeremy Lunn]

On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 06:03:56AM -0500, Walt Brannon wrote:
> 
> For example:
> 
> bar.com 		IN A 37.124.19.7
> foo.bar.com.  	IN A 37.124.19.7
> 
> foo.bar.com.   	IN CName   bar.com

Why are you making an alias when you already have an A record for that
domain?

If you just wanted to make an alias then you would use:
bar.com               IN A      37.124.19.7
foo.bar.com           IN CNAME  bar.com.
> 
> These will all work, but is the "Cname" the part on the left or the part on
> the right in the line above?

I still don't understand you...
> 
> Which is correct?
> 
> Walt
> 
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Jeremy Lunn
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