internal-external-root

Will Yardley william+dns at hq.newdream.net
Wed Sep 12 20:36:22 UTC 2001


Barry Margolin wrote:
 
> >P.S. on a totally unrelated matter is there a limit as to how many cname you
> >can use?
 
> It should generally work but it's not recommended.  Until all the CNAMEs
> get into your cache, you have to perform multiple queries to get all the
> information, and the client may time out before you're done.

i think the actual limit is something like 5 or 8, right?

however in actual practice it's a bad idea to point even one CNAME at
another CNAME.  why not just use A records for all of them and save
yourself the hassle of worrying about it?

w

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