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work on a draft to standardize ANAME/ALIAS records to allow CNAME-like records at the zone apex
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explain why CNAME at the parent isn't a solution to the problem #5

Closed Habbie closed 6 years ago

each commented 6 years ago

Is the text in the introduction not sufficient for this?

It is common practice for websites to publish content at their registered domain name (sometimes referred to as a "bare domain" or "zone apex": for example, "example.com" rather than "www.example.com"). However, forbids the use of CNAME records at the same node as any other record type. Zone apex nodes always contain SOA and NS RRsets, and frequently contain other types such as DNSKEY, MX, TXT/SPF, etc. Consequently, a CNAME record is not permitted at zone apex nodes.

Habbie commented 6 years ago

Yes, that looks like it should do.