On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Dean Anderson wrote: | At 2:51 PM -0400 6/3/98, Phillip Vandry wrote: | >> 2. Why Web services don't have entries like MX hosts do. Why not be able to | >> set preferences and fall over hosts? | | Err, they do. Here's how to set it up: These balance the load, and if one | machine is down, any browser which handles multiple A records properly will | still fail over to the other machine. | | | www IN CNAME www1.av8.com. | IN CNAME www2.av8.com. | | www1 IN A 198.3.136.144 | IN A 208.156.100.250 | www2 IN A 208.156.100.250 | IN A 198.3.136.144 | | Multiple CNAMEs are not supported by all DNS servers and are in fact "turned off" by default in BIND 8. Multiple CNAMEs violates DNS protocol- ******************************************************** Chris Cappuccio voice: +1-541-317-3437 System Administrator fax: +1-541-317-3402 Empire Net, Inc. 20310 Empire Ave chris@empnet.com Suite A-100 Bend, OR 97701 http://www.EmpireNet.net ********************************************************