Mutiple A and PTR records

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote in message news:<amojea$abm8$1 at is
> rv4.isc.org>...
> > Yang xiao wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > I have seen some sites with multiple IP addresses pointing to the same
> > > DNS name, I guess that's how to implement round robin. But is it ok to
> > > setup multiple A records to point to the same IP address?
> > 
> > Yes. In fact, it's probably more common, useful and sensible, than having
> > multiple PTRs pointing to the same name.
> > 
> > 
> > - Kevin
> 
> Ok, so I can setup multiple A records pointing to the same hostname
> with different IPs, how do I setup the corresponding PTR records then?
> 
> Yang
> 
	Don't bother with multiple PTR records.  Just use the name
	the machine knows itself as.

	Mark
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