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

records are resolved on the server-side and return A records to clients, they can be used in domain apex records in a similar way to a CNAME record,...

MX records, the target in SRV records must point to hostname with an address record (A or AAAA record). Pointing to a hostname with a CNAME record is...

This list of DNS record types is an overview of resource records (RRs) permissible in zone files of the Domain Name System (DNS). It also contains pseudo-RRs...

page's domain, but those sub-domains resolve to third-party hosts via a CNAME record. Since the initial URL contained a sub-domain of the current page, it...

between different data formats Canonical name record (CNAME record), a type of Domain Name System record Canonical S-expressions, a binary encoding form...

of their websites using methods such as MetaTag verification, adding CNAME record to DNS entry, XML verification and Domain Connect. It contains the following...

must map directly to one or more address records (A, or AAAA) in the DNS, and must not point to any CNAME records. When an e-mail message is sent through...

by creating a CNAME record that points to a cluster of web servers. Since, currently[as of?], only a subdomain can be used in a CNAME, the same result...

granted. RFC 2317 devised a methodology to address this problem by using CNAME records. Reverse DNS lookups for IPv6 addresses use the special domain ip6.arpa...

lTJTgRg/EW72O1DiYVThkyCgpSYS8nmEQIDAQAB" A CNAME record can also be used to point at a different TXT record, for example when one organization sends email...

were unaffected. On December 19, 2013, due to the adjustment of the CNAME record of the domain name of Wikipedia in each language, users in mainland China...

assigned one or more custom domains. This is implemented by setting a CNAME record on the DNS server that hosts the user's domain's zone to point at the...

seconds. The permuted record within the zone file includes A, AAAA and CNAME record, the disposition is usually done by means of round robin from a registry...

address for ns.example.com www IN CNAME example.com. ; www.example.com is an alias for example.com wwwtest IN CNAME www ; wwwtest.example.com is another...

address record it requires with no further referrals. If the last name server queried did not contain authoritative data for the target of the CNAME, it would...

returns a CNAME record: 09580.c479.ce1.fm.radiodns.org canonical name = rdns.musicradio.com. This CNAME record can then be used to look up SRV records that...

If ANY queries do not enumerate multiple records, the only option is to request each record type (e.g. A, CNAME, or MX) individually. Queries may be directed...

DNS 'A record' may be used to advertise server support for ObsTCP (with a DNS 'CNAME record' providing a 'friendly' name). HTTP header records, or cached/out...

Canonical domain may refer to: CNAME record, loosely called a "canonical domain name" One of the simply-connected Riemann surfaces – see uniformization...

DNS. Free DNS typically includes facilities to manage A, MX, CNAME, TXT and NS records of the domain zone. In many cases the free services can be upgraded...

creating a link to the program in the location DSK:DEVICE;CHAOS <cname> where <cname> was up to six letters of the contact name. Simple transactions could...

returns a DNS CNAME response. This response contains a new domain, e.g. b.cdn.csp.com, indicating dCDN and the original domain and an NS record that maps...

domain name aliases (CNAME). Although not intended to be a general purpose database, DNS has been expanded over time to store records for other types of...

technique called CNAME cloaking, where a third-party tracking service is assigned a DNS record in the first-party origin domain (usually CNAME) so that it's...

different machine. This can be mitigated somewhat by insistence on using CNAME records indicating service rather than actual machine names to refer to the...

domain, but use .mil.uk on their private network. .mil.uk exists only as a CNAME for .mod.uk in the .uk zone file.[citation needed] .cym.uk – A second-level...

limited third-party tracking protection, third-party cookie protection, CNAME cloaking protection, limited device fingerprint protection from third parties...

2011. Retrieved 4 January 2009. Francisco, Thomas Claburn in San. "What's CNAME of your game? This DNS-based tracking defies your browser privacy defenses"...

multicast address and resolves requests for the DNS record of its .local hostname (e.g. the A, AAAA, CNAME) to its IP address. When an mDNS client needs to...