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CNAME'ing www to localhost seems to be useless, reCNAME it to '@' and describe

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<programlisting> tags do not grok tabs. Fix this at least in zone files where
they look especially ugly.
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Dmitry Morozovsky 2006-06-25 07:08:13 +00:00
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@ -3467,7 +3467,7 @@ mx IN A 192.168.1.4
mail IN A 192.168.1.5 mail IN A 192.168.1.5
; Aliases ; Aliases
www IN CNAME localhost</programlisting> www IN CNAME @</programlisting>
<para> <para>
Note that every hostname ending in a <quote>.</quote> is an Note that every hostname ending in a <quote>.</quote> is an
@ -3606,14 +3606,21 @@ mail IN A 192.168.1.5</programlisting>
</para> </para>
<programlisting> <programlisting>
www IN CNAME localhost</programlisting> IN A 192.168.1.1</programlisting>
<para>This line assigns IP address
<hostid role="ipaddr">192.168.1.1</hostid> to the current origin,
in this case <hostid role="domainname">example.org</hostid>.</para>
<programlisting>
www IN CNAME @</programlisting>
<para> <para>
The canonical name record is usually used for giving aliases The canonical name record is usually used for giving aliases
to a machine. In the example, <hostid>www</hostid> is to a machine. In the example, <hostid>www</hostid> is
aliased to the machine known as aliased to the <quote>master</quote> machine which name equals
<hostid role="domainname">localhost.example.org</hostid> to domain name <hostid role="domainname">example.org</hostid>
(<hostid role="ipaddr">127.0.0.1</hostid>). (<hostid role="ipaddr">192.168.1.1</hostid>).
CNAMEs can be used to provide alias CNAMEs can be used to provide alias
hostnames, or round robin one hostname among multiple hostnames, or round robin one hostname among multiple
machines. machines.