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There is an actual (small) reason for the existence of "www" nowadays. You cannot have a CNAME record for the domain apex (example.com). Many dns providers impl
by Matheus28 8y ago
There is an actual (small) reason for the existence of "www" nowadays. You cannot have a CNAME record for the domain apex (example.com). Many dns providers implement a workaround by resolving the CNAME record into A/AAAA records when queried.
https://serverfault.com/questions/613829/why-cant-a-cname-record-be-used-at-the-apex-aka-root-of-a-domain https://serverfault.com/questions/613829/why-cant-a-cname-re...
- sofaofthedamned 8y agoAnother good point, I forgot about that - thank you.
- wonks 8y agoSomething that I was struggling with just today. Of all the days to update Chrome... At first I thought my redirect was broken.
- vidarh 8y agoYou can but it prevents you from having other records there, which includes things like an MX record. Just a nitpick, as in practice that prevents most people from being able to use a CNAME on the apex.
- sofaofthedamned 8y agoI upvoted you because you're correct - it's a failing of the system. My original point still stands though - we used to use 'http://' http://' and 'http://www.' http://www.' as a signal that this was a web address. I cannot believe this will still stand in 5 years time. The default is now the domain name, not the phone number.