On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Joel Bernstein wrote: > > No. Why does a hostname need to have an associated IP address? > > Um, perhaps I'm missing something, but by definition a hostname is a name > which translates directly (via A, AAAA or A6) records to an IP address, or > indirectly (via a CNAME to another hostname which then resolves to an > IP). How could a hostname /not/ have an IP address?
A hostname might just have MX records, be a PTR, or even just have a TXT record. No IP address necessary for any of those. the hatter
