CName Terminology Question

[Kevin Darcy]

Barry Margolin wrote:

> In article <38F65908.B5E35509 at tmca.com.au>,
> Stanley Liu  <stanley.liu at tmca.com.au> wrote:
> >So what is the difference between the following set up:
> >
> >bar.com.      IN A 192.168.1.1
> >foo.bar.com. IN A 192.168.1.1
> >
> >as compared to
> >
> >bar.com.      IN A        192.168.1.1
> >foo.bar.com. IN CNAME bar.com.
> >
> >What if I query about foo.bar.com, is there any difference in the answer?  Under
>
> No.

No *practical* difference, to most resolvers. But the answer section will have an
extra RR in it, yes?


- Kevin