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I'm not sure I understand this advice. The domain root can still have the CNAME, TXT, SPF, MX records, etc. while pointing the zone root to the website's IP. Th
by unclebucknasty 13y ago
I'm not sure I understand this advice. The domain root can still have the CNAME, TXT, SPF, MX records, etc. while pointing the zone root to the website's IP. These are all just different record types within the zone, right?
- dhoulb 13y agoI think he's saying, if in the future you want to route web traffic through a CDN, using a CNAME, instead of directly at a specific server, using an A record, you're going to struggle if you're using the root name, as you can't have root CNAMEs. Damn good reason too! I can't think of a good way round it. Do people like CloudFlare configure using CNAMEs? If they do, this strongly weights my decision, (along with the 'non expert users like www.' argument - though I think as long as you use a .com you're probably okay there).
- tedivm 13y agoCloudFlare actually hosts the DNS of the domains using them, except for people who pay for the premium accounts. Then they rely on CNAMEs. You hit what I was saying spot on. It's not just a matter of CDNs either, there are a lot of services where using CNAMEs become important.