what's the difference

[Barry Margolin]

In article <rsdh8jiij7167 at corp.supernews.com>, David <david at wmol.com> wrote:
>what is the difference in the following (I know what both an A and CNAME
>is); what effects could it have?
>domain.com. IN A 111.111.111.1
>
>-----
>sub.domain.com. IN A 111.111.111.1
>sub.domain.com. IN CNAME domain.com.
>---------

This second set violates the rule that a name cannot be both a CNAME and
have records of its own.

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