RE: [cobalt-users] I don't under stand the concept of Main site naming - RAQ 3I Newbie - Resolved

["John Cordeiro" <jcordeiro@xxxxxxxx>]

Example of DNS Records please, I still dont get it. Srry

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[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jeff Lasman
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 3:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] I don't under stand the concept of Main site
naming - RAQ 3I Newbie - Resolved


ChaosIndustries wrote:

> I giving every maschine a naming lile ns<x>.mycompanyname.dom
> Think that is usefull cause this host will be the Host for DNS.
> Getting one more maschiene i will name it to ns3.mycompany.dom etc...

I suppose this works, but it's a bit misleading, unless all of these
RaQs will be nameservers.

Generally there's a big difference between machine-names and service
names, and Reverse DNS should always go to a machine name (or just the
domain name as an option), while services running on a machine should be
identified by their service name.

Hence, your mailserver could be called manny.yourdomain.com, and run the
services pop.yourdomain.com, and smtp.yourdomain.com, and your
nameserver could be called moe.yourdomain.com, and run a service called
ns1.yourdomain.com, while your web-server could be called
jack.yourdomian.com and run a service called www.yourdomain.com.

Jeff
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