CNAME or A record?

Matus UHLAR - fantomas uhlar at fantomas.sk
Wed Sep 28 14:56:58 UTC 2011


>> > domain.com           A            1.1.1.1
>> > www.domain.com   A            1.1.1.1
>> >
>> > OR
>> >
>> > domain.com           A            1.1.1.1
>> > www.domain.com   CNAME  domain.com

On 28.09.11 10:49, Peter Pauly wrote:
>If you use two "A" records, your web server needs to be setup to handle both
>names. If you use a CNAME, you only need to handle the single "A" record
>name in the server.

No, web server setup has nothing to do with CNAME or A record types.

(Unless a web server is directed to behave differently, but I don't 
know why would anyone do that).
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