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Re: [PLUG] dig returns "Transfer failed", what to do?
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| DNS terminology unfortunately DRASTICALLY misuses the word
| "canonical", but that really is what the C in CNAME stands for, last
| I read the RFC...
how so?
it uses the word in its usual computer science jargon
definition[1] of the word. which is, roughly:
adj. the usual or standard state of something.
in DNS a CNAME record provides the canonical name (the standard
or official name) of something:
mail CNAME cliff-claven.example.com.
'cliff-claven.example.com' is the canonical or standard name
of 'mail'.
--jeff
[1] which, granted, is different than the canonical definition...
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