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[Vinny Abello]

At 05:04 AM 7/7/2005, Brad Knowles wrote:
>At 2:24 AM -0400 2005-07-07, Vinny Abello wrote:
>
> >  It doesn't matter how you setup the record pointing to the web
> >  server.
>
>         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.
>
>         As for the rest, you are correct.

Yes. That is true. I wasn't thinking in CNAMEs, but you are correct.

Vinny Abello
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