use a domain in an A record?

[Cricket Liu]

> Jeffrey J. Bacon wrote:
> > 
> > Can I use do this:
> > 
> > mydomain.ca. IN A someotherdomain.ca.
> > 
> > or do I have to use an IP where I have someotherdomain.ca
> 
> address records map names to IP addresses, so no.
> 
> you could do:
> mydomain.ca.	IN CNAME someotherdomain.ca.
> 
> provided that 'mydomain.ca' isn't going to be used as an MX or NS
> record.  in general it's cleaner to use A records unless absolutely
> necessary (IMHO at least)....

But with a domain name like mydomain.ca, it's a darn good bet
that the original poster is talking about the domain name of
his zone, which already has an SOA record and NS records
attached to it.

cricket

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