use a domain in an A record?
Will Yardley
william+dns at hq.newdream.net
Wed Nov 7 20:30:26 UTC 2001
Jeffrey J. Bacon wrote:
>
> Can I use do this:
>
> mydomain.ca. IN A someotherdomain.ca.
>
> or do I have to use an IP where I have someotherdomain.ca
address records map names to IP addresses, so no.
you could do:
mydomain.ca. IN CNAME someotherdomain.ca.
provided that 'mydomain.ca' isn't going to be used as an MX or NS
record. in general it's cleaner to use A records unless absolutely
necessary (IMHO at least)....
w
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