Many A-records

[Barry Margolin]

In article <c4s06k$n1k$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Jeff Lasman <blists at nobaloney.net> wrote:

> Every time you create a CNAME where you could have used an A record you 
> create a situation where every resolver looking for your service must 
> do two lookups instead of one.  Why would you do this?

Unless the server is authoritative for both the CNAME record and its 
target.  In that case the server will return both records, and the 
resolver doesn't have to do any extra lookups.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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