http://www.domain.com vs. http://domain.com

[F. Even]

True, so true.  jbiver, Go to the bible first (as I did before I even 
touched DNS).

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dns4/index.html

...and check out some of these other links:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html
http://www.dns.net/dnsrd/docs/
http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/

The simple answer to your question though:

domain.com.	IN	A	ip.ad.dr.es
www.domain.com.	IN	CNAME	domain.com.

For use of wildcards, consult relevant documentation.

Frank

Richard Peiper wrote:

> 	Same way some sites are accessible by images.domain.com or
> webmail.domain.com or any other domain name. It is just an A record, if you
> want it accessible 10 different ways you create 10 different entries in DNS
> (preferably with CNAME's). You might want to get a book on DNS and Domain
> names before you go much further as that particular concept is pretty core
> to DNS.
> 
> 	Richard
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jbiver at internet.lu [mailto:jbiver at internet.lu] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 3:55 AM
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> Subject: http://www.domain.com vs. http://domain.com
> 
> Dear readers,
> 
> I am not a crack at configuring dns servers, but I know it's a
> necessary technology. I noticed that some web sites require you to
> type www in the address bar while other sites are accessible both
> ways.
> 
> Can someone explain to me how that can be.
> 
> TIA
> Jean
> 
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