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Re:What came first: the CNAME or the A record? by steffs on Monday January 19, 2026 @09:29PM (#46687185)
I love this low-level stuff. Do you think this is the reason that in the past year or two DNS providers have stopped allowing CNAME records for the root domain? Meaning, it's to ensure backwards compatibility for certain DNS resolution tools that are order sensitive to not get confused?

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