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[Kevin Darcy]

Brad Knowles wrote:

>At 2:24 AM -0400 2005-07-07, Vinny Abello wrote:
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>> It doesn't matter how you setup the record pointing to the web
>> server.
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>	Actually, it does matter.  The name has to resolve directly to 
>the IP address.  If you use a CNAME record instead, most browsers and 
>proxies will change the name that is being asked for to match the 
>"canonical name" that they've been given.  If you give them an IP 
>address instead, they go ahead and use the original name as provided.
>
Brad,
That's true of SMTP servers -- they "canonicalize" names. But web 
browsers don't work that way.

- Kevin