CNAME Record

• Canonical name record

• Host alias name

• Useful when renaming host, or host has several functions

  www.tgv.com. in cname zaphod.tgv.com.
  
  gopher.tgv.com. in cname zaphod.tgv.com.
  ftp.tgv.com. in cname hq.tgv.com.

• Not recommended for mail aliases

  • Actually, itís against the rules

• Cannot be used with any other record type for a name

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