Why ALIAS-type DNS Records Break The Internet

Re:Why ALIAS-type DNS Records Break The Internet by MatthewWilkes on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @11:03AM (#7024297)

Can anyone explain the difference between an ALIAS and a DNAME record?

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Re:Why ALIAS-type DNS Records Break The Internet by jlgaddis on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @12:55PM (#7025126)

> DNAME record?

You mean a CNAME?

belorn gave a pretty good explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7023412

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Re:Why ALIAS-type DNS Records Break The Internet by donavanm on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @05:53PM (#7027420)

A CNAME and an ALIAS both reference a specific label/name. A DNAME applies to a tree, and subcomponents. Wikipedia has a decent example of DNAME usage.

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Re:Why ALIAS-type DNS Records Break The Internet by dec0dedab0de on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @01:03PM (#7025206)

alias returns an IP, CNAME returns a name.

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