[Swlug] DNS - do A & AAAA conflict with CNAME?

Matthew Moore matt at matthewmoore.org.uk
Fri Aug 8 13:24:37 UTC 2014


On 08/08/14 14:19, Mark Summerfield wrote:
> Ah, it seems like CNAME records don't conflict with A and AAAA.
>
> But is it wise or unwise to have both?
>
> :-)

I'd have one or the other.  AFAIK, you can't setup A records for CNAMEs
(unless you're using DNSSEC).

Could you post exactly what you've setup for each domain?

Also AAAA records are indeed IPv6 records.

Cheers,

Matt



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