A CNAME (Canonical Name) record is a Domain Name System (DNS) record that makes one DNS name an alias of another DNS name. CNAMEs are mainly about delegation and change management. Instead of ...

If you've managed DNS before, you've probably created CNAME records. They're the standard way to make one domain name point to another. But the moment you try to point the bare domain at CloudFront, ...

A canonical name (CNAME) is a type of Domain Name System (DNS) database record that indicates that a domain name is the nickname or alias for another domain name. Also referred to as the "true name," ...

A CNAME record is a resource in a Domain Name System that controls how Web requests are redirected. Altering the CNAME record in your -- not Google's -- DNS can allow you to access your company's ...

A CNAME record is a DNS alias that lets you serve your analytics from a subdomain of your own domain instead of from a vendor's domain. Done right, it restores genuine first-party cookie longevity and ...

As browser-makers move to defang third-party (tracking) cookies, marketers are increasingly switching to alternative tracking techniques. One of these is CNAME cloaking, which not only evades ...

Using a CNAME is probably best to point to your web server. If you have CNAMEs of www, ftp and mail all pointing to yourbox.yourdomain.com and your web traffic increases enough to merit its own box.

Let's say I have an A record for "example.com" that points to 10.250.220.1. What is the difference between setting up a A record for "ftp.example.com" that points to 10.250.220.1 and setting up a ...