[geeks] simple DNS / nslookup question

[Sridhar Ayengar]

der Mouse wrote:
>> [I] did not know you could register A records for a domain only.
> 
> Yes, any node in the DNS can have records of any type.  (Well, except
> for administrative restrictions; for example, com. does not have any A
> records, but not because of DNS restrictions.)
> 
>> Honestly, i cannot think of a reason why i would do so, but i guess i
>> cannot hurt.
> 
> I suspect it's mostly done so that http://example.com/ works just as
> well as http://www.example.com/ does.

For myself, I could never figure out what was the reasoning behind 
disallowing domain roots from having CNAME records.  Sometimes it would 
make more sense to have a CNAME record than an A record, IMHO.

Peace...  Sridhar