Multiple A records

Joseph S D Yao jsdy at center.osis.gov
Sat Dec 15 00:19:53 UTC 2001


On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 06:12:37PM -0600, McNutt, Justin M. wrote:
> Is there anything wrong with having multiple A records for the same IP
> address?  E.g.:
> 
> this.missouri.edu.  IN  A  10.1.1.1
> that.missouri.edu.  IN  A  10.1.1.1
> 
> ...etc.
> 
> Of course, 10.1.1.1 will only have one PTR record.
> 
> Anyway, this just looks wrong to me, but I can't explain it to the people
> who want the names.  IS there anything wrong with it (aside from making it
> harder to hunt down all of the names when 10.1.1.1 gets retired)?

Nope.  Nothing wrong with it.  It's fine.

Oh, darn.  There's that nasty word again.

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