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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of feralert Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:20 AM To: [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
