DNS setup

[Michael Kjorling]

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Obviously I shouldn't be answering questions like this at this hour.
The two examples do _not_ do the same thing; they are instead the
exact opposites of each other. The CNAME approach points "www" at the
origin, which requires that the origin has an A RR. The @ A approach
instead points the current origin at a specific IP address (in
addition to whatever NS, SOA, MX and other RRs that may already be
there, of course).

My apologizes.


Michael Kjörling


On Sep 6 2001 21:51 +0200, Michael Kjorling wrote:

> I will _try_ to stay off the "mydomain.com" sarcasm. Let's just say
> $ORIGIN to be neutral.
>
> Then, simply put into your zone file:
>
> 	www CNAME @
>
> or
>
> 	@ A 123.45.67.89  ; Change IP as appropriate
>
> Either way works. /snip/

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