pointing domain (A) record to web server

[Kevin Darcy]

Low sk wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am running Bind. Is it a good practice to point the domain A record to a 
>web server like below?
>
>-----------
>$ORIGIN abc.com.
>$TTL   28800
>@       IN      SOA     ns1.abc.com. hostmaster.abc.com. (
>                        2004010101   ;
>                        4H                  ;
>                        120M             ;
>                        4w2d             ;
>                        1h )               ;
>@       IN      NS      ns1.abc.com.
>           IN      NS      ns2.abc.com.
>
>           IN A 192.168.1.1  <== points to a web server
>
>www IN A 192.168.1.1
>---------------
>
>Will there be any implications? Windows 2000 DNS points their Active 
>Directory domain (A) records to all their domain controllers.
>
Is it legal? Yes.
Does it work? Yes.
Do lots of people do it? Yes.
Is it a good idea? That's a matter of opinion.

                                                                         
         - Kevin