Prefixless domains

[Kevin Darcy]

Sean Hamilton wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Suppose I have three systems:
>
> one    IN    A    1.2.3.1
> two    IN    A    1.2.3.2
> three  IN    A    1.2.3.3
>
> These are now resolving one.mydomain.com, two.mydomain.com, and
> three.mydomain.com. Now, I make www a CNAME for two, etc etc... but how
> should I handle requests for "mydomain.com"? It seems somewhat icky to make
> it an A record for the same address as two, and I can't make it a CNAME
> since there are MX records and such.
>
> What is the typical convention in this situation?

The "icky" way is really the only reasonable option here...


- Kevin