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[Brad Knowles]

At 2:24 AM -0400 2005-07-07, Vinny Abello wrote:

>  It doesn't matter how you setup the record pointing to the web
>  server.

	Actually, it does matter.  The name has to resolve directly to 
the IP address.  If you use a CNAME record instead, most browsers and 
proxies will change the name that is being asked for to match the 
"canonical name" that they've been given.  If you give them an IP 
address instead, they go ahead and use the original name as provided.

	As for the rest, you are correct.

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