Re: Multiple A Records - Followup Question

2016-10-03 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
IOW, can a given *IP* appear in more than one A record? I realize that this does have the problem that the reverses would resolve to hostX not test On 2016-10-02 12:59, Reindl Harald wrote: on IP should only have on PTR - period avoid anything else than PTR/A-matching if the machine is suppos

Re: Multiple A Records - Followup Question

2016-10-02 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 03.10.2016 um 00:08 schrieb David Ford: On 2016-10-02 21:22, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 02.10.2016 um 22:42 schrieb David Ford: On 2016-10-02 12:59, Reindl Harald wrote: IOW, can a given *IP* appear in more than one A record? I realize that this does have the problem that the reverses wou

Re: Multiple A Records - Followup Question

2016-10-02 Thread David Ford
On 2016-10-02 21:22, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 02.10.2016 um 22:42 schrieb David Ford: >> On 2016-10-02 12:59, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> IOW, can a given *IP* appear in more than one A record? I realize that this does have the problem that the reverses would resolve to hostX not

Re: Multiple A Records - Followup Question

2016-10-02 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 02.10.2016 um 22:42 schrieb David Ford: On 2016-10-02 12:59, Reindl Harald wrote: IOW, can a given *IP* appear in more than one A record? I realize that this does have the problem that the reverses would resolve to hostX not test on IP should only have on PTR - period avoid anything el

Re: Multiple A Records - Followup Question

2016-10-02 Thread David Ford
On 2016-10-02 12:59, Reindl Harald wrote: > >> IOW, can a given *IP* appear in more than one A record? I realize >> that this does have the problem that the reverses would resolve to >> hostX not >> test > > on IP should only have on PTR - period > > avoid anything else than PTR/A-matching if the m

Re: Multiple A Records - Followup Question

2016-10-02 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 02.10.2016 um 13:57 schrieb Tim Daneliuk: My earlier question was whether one host could have more than one A record. But say, I want to to this as follows: testA 1.2.3.4 testA 5.6.7.8 testA 9.10.11.12 Is this legit? surely - guess how dns-round-robin load balancing wo

Re: Multiple A Records - Followup Question

2016-10-02 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Sun, 2 Oct 2016, Tim Daneliuk wrote: ... can a given *IP* appear in more than one A record? ... http://serverfault.com/questions/56539/dns-multiple-a-records-or-1-a-record-and-lots-of-cnames -- 73, Ged. ___ Please visit https://lists.

Multiple A Records - Followup Question

2016-10-02 Thread Tim Daneliuk
As a followup to my earlier question on have a single hostname with multiple A record, I want to understand a slightly different scenario. 3 hosts exist with canonical A records: hosta A 1.2.3.4 hostb A 5.6.7.8 hostc A 9.10.11.12 My earlier question was whether one host could have mor