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> It’s a pseudo-record i.e. it’s not officially recognized by any RFC afaik. It goes beyond that -- "ALIAS" isn't a DNS record at all; it does not exist as an
by duskwuff 4y ago
> It’s a pseudo-record i.e. it’s not officially recognized by any RFC afaik.
It goes beyond that -- "ALIAS" isn't a DNS record at all; it does not exist as an entity within the DNS protocol. It's a directive used by some DNS servers (primarily at large providers) which causes the DNS server to synthesize A/AAAA records.