Thanks Jeff, But I really only wrote that as an example :) . The real question is what is best or what is recommended, two A RR (one for domain, one for www) or a single A RR for domain and a CNAME RR for www, is one way better than the other or can I choose either way?
Cheers!, Fred. On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Lightner, Jeff <jlight...@water.com> wrote: > If you set your SOA properly to use "@" (which means "this zone") your A > records should be: > > domain.com. A 1.1.1.1 > www A 1.1.1.1 > > The SOA should append the "domain.com" to every record not terminated by a > dot so that "www" is read as "www.domain.com". Similarly you put a dot at > the end of domain.com A record to prevent it from being appended and read as > domain.com.domain.com. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bind-users-bounces+jlightner=water....@lists.isc.org > [mailto:bind-users-bounces+jlightner=water....@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of > feralert > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:20 AM > To: bind-us...@isc.org > Subject: CNAME or A record? > > Hi all, > > I'm sure this has been asked trillions of times but since I couldn't > find any concrete answer/reference in google I am asking you guys in > this list. Sorry if anyone thinks this a dumb question or something > very obvious. > > The thing is that i want users redirected to 'www.domain.com' even > when they just type the domain name 'domain.com'. > In order to do so I am not sure if its best to have one A RR for each > or have an A RR for the domain and a CNAME RR pointing to 'domain.com' > for 'www.domain.com'. > > > domain.com A 1.1.1.1 > www.domain.com A 1.1.1.1 > > OR > > domain.com A 1.1.1.1 > www.domain.com CNAME domain.com > > > Any help appreciated. > > > Thanks, > Fred > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users > > > > > Athena(r), Created for the Cause(tm) > Making a Difference in the Fight Against Breast Cancer > > --------------------------------- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential > information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are > not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of > the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you > have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately > to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. > Thank you. > ---------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
