[cs615asa] Question about HW2

[Jan Schaumann]

Sean Winard <swinard at stevens.edu> wrote:
 
> *stevens.edu:*
> stevens.edu has address 155.246.21.38
> stevens.edu mail is handled by 0 po.stevens.edu.
> stevens.edu mail is handled by 0 box.stevens.edu.
> 
> *cs.stevens.edu:*
> cs.stevens.edu mail is handled by 0 guinness.cs.stevens-tech.edu.
> 
> *asdf:*
> Host asdf not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> 
> 
> Would we say just the first one resolved, since it has an IP? Or the 
> first 2 resolved, since DNS found something?

Yes, you need either an IP address or a CNAME (ie an alias).  Any other
DNS records such as the MX record you showed in your second example is
not sufficient.

-Jan
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