[thelist] quick domain/dns records question

Alex Bainbridge alex.bainbridge at travelucd.com
Mon Nov 4 12:47:00 CST 2002


>> my boss just pointed out to me that http://lamarathon.com and
>> http://www.lamarathon.com/ point to two separate websites.
>>
>> doesn't there have to be a dns entry for both domains? i.e.
>> www.domain.com and domain.com are separate records correct?

>Those aren't two domains -- the second is a domain, the first is
>(generally) a host within that domain.

Umm - actually the first is referred to as a fully qualified domain name
(FQDN) - but lets not get pedantic about this! (a FQDN is a host name +
domain name)

The 2nd is a "domain name".

and the ".com" is a top level domain name (TLD)....

I'll shut up now.

alex





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