alon
11-15-2004, 08:47 AM
Can someone explain what a alias and an alias fileis?
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gunderstone
11-19-2004, 08:48 PM
I am going to assume you're speaking of an Alias records in DNS. (If you meant something else you'll fave to post again.)
Alias records, sometimes referred to as CNAME (canonical name) records allow you to provide additional names to a server that already has a name in an A (host) resource record. This is how a Webserver with a name of Server1 in a domain of Zandri.net “becomes” www.zandri.net as far as DNS resolution is concerned. There is an Alias record referencing www.zandri.net to Server1.zandri.net.
Alias records, sometimes referred to as CNAME (canonical name) records allow you to provide additional names to a server that already has a name in an A (host) resource record. This is how a Webserver with a name of Server1 in a domain of Zandri.net “becomes” www.zandri.net as far as DNS resolution is concerned. There is an Alias record referencing www.zandri.net to Server1.zandri.net.
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