Good practices multiple A RR ?
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Tue Oct 1 00:01:48 UTC 2002
>
> Hello,
>
> I just wanted to know if it was a good practice to have multiple
> "A" ressources records for one IP address, for example:
>
> ns1.domain.tld
> www.domain.tld
> ftp.domain.tld
>
> Is that alright ? Or should I use CNAMEs instead ? When should I decide
> if a use a "A" RR or a "CNAME" RR for a name ?
>
> Regards
Whatever you decide to do. Note there are some restrictions on
where CNAMES can be used. If the host is referred to by another
record (other than a CNAME) it really should be a A record.
e.g. NS, MX, SRV records.
Mark
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