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Re: CNAME records in place of A records

From: Matt Palmer <mpalmer () hezmatt org>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 16:35:13 +1100

On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 08:01:12PM -0500, Rob McEwen wrote:

except - don't forget that the root of a domain (that domain without "www."
or any other label) - cannot have a CNAME as the "A" record - fwiw...


Yes.  I didn't think that was something that needed to be explained on NANOG,
though.

- Matt

Current thread:

Re: CNAME records in place of A records, (continued)
- Re: CNAME records in place of A records Ray Orsini (Nov 06)
  - Re: CNAME records in place of A records Dovid Bender (Nov 06)
    - Re: CNAME records in place of A records Matthias Luft via NANOG (Nov 06)
    - Re: CNAME records in place of A records Alain Hebert (Nov 06)
- Re: CNAME records in place of A records Kevin East (Nov 06)
- Re: CNAME records in place of A records Sabri Berisha (Nov 06)
  - Re: CNAME records in place of A records Doug Barton (Nov 06)
- Re: CNAME records in place of A records Matt Palmer (Nov 08)
  - Re: CNAME records in place of A records Rob McEwen (Nov 08)
    - Re: CNAME records in place of A records Mark Andrews (Nov 08)
    - Re: CNAME records in place of A records Matt Palmer (Nov 08)
    - Re: CNAME records in place of A records Mark Andrews (Nov 08)
  - Re: CNAME records in place of A records Arne Jensen (Nov 09)