Pieter Lexis <pieter.le...@powerdns.com> wrote: > > There is no mention of the fact that ALIAS is mostly meant for zone > apexes where other records MUST be present and a CNAME cannot exist. > CNAMEs would cover non-apex usecases for ALIAS.
There are lots of non-apex situations where you can't use a CNAME, e.g. where mail domains and hostnames coincide. (lists.cam.ac.uk, trin.cam.ac.uk, etc.) Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ - I xn--zr8h punycode Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire: Cyclonic, becoming southeasterly for a time, 4 or 5, increasing 6 or 7, perhaps gale 8 later, then becoming variable 4 later. Moderate or rough. Fair then rain. Good, becoming moderate or poor. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
