[Gllug] DNS question

Fri Nov 5 10:25:06 UTC 2004

On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 10:12 +0000, Alain Williams wrote:

> Because of DNS timeouts/propagation you may need to use the master name server: mint.phcomp.co.uk
> What you seem to suggest is that a CNAME is an alias in all ways and not just for IP address,

CNAMEs are for names only and will be recursed when any kind of lookup
is done.

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Martin A. Brooks <martin at clues.ltd.uk>
Clues Ltd

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