Re: [CentOS] OT DNS Question

2008-05-15 Thread Chris Boyd
On May 15, 2008, at 7:59 PM, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: Not true (AFAIR). If I remember correctly, if the information about the destination of the CNAME is on the same DNS server (either because it is authoritative, or because the resolver has it already on cache), it will piggyback the inform

Re: [CentOS] OT DNS Question

2008-05-15 Thread Clint Dilks
Clint Dilks wrote: Hi Everyone, I am currently reviewing the DNS records for the organization I work for and have one area I would like other peoples thoughts on. Would there ever be a situation where you need to have multiple A records pointing to the same IP Address? Currently we have a

Re: [CentOS] OT DNS Question

2008-05-15 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Chris Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CNAMEs require two dips into the DNS (one to get the CNAME, another to look > up the IP), and so can be much slower if you are the victim of a slow > resolver. Not true (AFAIR). If I remember correctly, if the informatio

Re: [CentOS] OT DNS Question

2008-05-15 Thread Chris Boyd
On May 15, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Clint Dilks wrote: I am currently reviewing the DNS records for the organization I work for and have one area I would like other peoples thoughts on. Would there ever be a situation where you need to have multiple A records pointing to the same IP Address? C