On Feb 19, 2008 4:43 AM, Christoph <christoph.boget@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Don't do that.
> > Some sites may or may not use www. for whatever reason...
> > Usually screwed-up A-name records by incompetent sysadmins, but there
> > it is...
>
> Really? So
>
> games.yahoo.com
> blogreport.salon.com
> mirror1.downloads.com
>
> are examples of screwed up records by incompetent sysadmins?
No, they're properly-configured FQDNs. They're just irrelevant
examples to the context in which Rich was relaying to the OP.
Picture a server where the A records or CNAMEs don't exist for the
www. alias. Or, conversely, where the only way to access the domain
is by using the www. alias.
Those, Christoph, are some of the things incompetent sysops do....
and on a surprisingly frequent basis.
Take the website of the wonderful Commonwealth of Pennsyltucky for example:
Doesn't Work Works
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dot.state.pa.us
www.dot.state.pa.us
lcb.state.pa.us
www.lcb.state.pa.us
psp.state.pa.us www.psp.state.pa.us
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Daniel P. Brown
Senior Unix Geek
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