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Re:Should you use www or not in your domain? (2017) by tyingq on Sunday November 11, 2018 @10:55AM (#18426957)
The post you replied to also said a CNAME can't point to an IP:

"as far as a CNAME needing to point to another domain instead of an IP"

So, it's unclear to me who you're arguing with. I thought a post explaining why using a CNAME on an "apex domain" is potentially problematic might be helpful. Guess not.

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Re:Should you use www or not in your domain? (2017) by gpvos on Sunday November 11, 2018 @12:25PM (#18427425)
To me, that sentence reads as that it's possible for a CNAME to point to an IP, but that someone has a need to point it to a domain. Which makes the sentence incorrect, since it assumes something impossible, and explains hacknat's urge to correct it.
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