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CNAME record

A CNAME record (for Canonical NAME) is a type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that maps one domain name (the alias) to another (the canonical name).: § 3.6.2

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Edges16
Triples68
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
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related to Constraints · 20
CNAME record → CNAME, DNAME, DNSSEC, DNSSEC-related, If, In, IP, It, MAIL, MX, NS, NSEC, ORIGINexample, RCPT, RFC, RRSIG, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, So, SOA, The
related to DNAME record · 12
CNAME record → CNAME, CNAMEs, Delegation NAME, DNAME, DNS, For, In, Like, RFC, That, The, The DNAME
related to Possible confusion · 12
CNAME record → Because, Clarifications, CNAME, DNS, DNS Specification, In, RDATA, RFC, The, The CNAME, This, With
related to ANAME record · 11
CNAME record → ALIAS, Also, ANAME, CNAME, DNS, If, IP, Several, The, These, While ANAME
related to Details · 8
CNAME record → CNAME, DNS, DNS CNAME, However, RFC, Section, The, When

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cname record dns name com example records ip address domain canonical foo dname zone alias another point rfc aname bar

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
bar.example.com to foo.example.cominstance ofone can point a name0.80text
RRSIGinstance ofin which case there can be DNSSEC-related records0.80text
NSECinstance ofin which case there can be DNSSEC-related records0.80text
etc.CNAME records that point to other CNAME records should be avoided due to their lack of efficiencyinstance ofin which case there can be DNSSEC-related records0.80text
but are not an errorinstance ofin which case there can be DNSSEC-related records0.80text
CNAME recordrelated to ANAME recordSeveral0.60section
CNAME recordrelated to ANAME recordDNS0.60section
CNAME recordrelated to ANAME recordALIAS0.60section
CNAME recordrelated to ANAME recordANAME0.60section
CNAME recordrelated to ANAME recordThese0.60section
CNAME recordrelated to ANAME recordCNAME0.60section
CNAME recordrelated to ANAME recordIP0.60section

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