DNS question

[Brad Knowles]

At 6:17 AM -0600 2005-04-01, Tim Peiffer wrote:

>  BZZZT   www.example.com -> example.com => recursion problem.

	Incorrect.  If example.com has SOA, NS, and A records, and 
www.example.com is a CNAME to example.com, there will be no loop.

	You should either try things like this before coming back with a 
response of this sort, or have done so in the past so that you know 
how it actually works.

>  $ORIGIN xyz.com.
>
>  @      IN   SOA < standard SOA timer stuff>
>  @      IN   A    1.2.3.4
>
>  www    IN   A    1.2.3.4

	This gives you two places where you need to update the file, 
should the IP address of example.com change.  That is sub-optimal.

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