Hi Eugene, exactly. A CNAME is basically a shortcut or an alias to an A record. A CNAME can't point directly to an IP address, it always points to another name.
CNAME: myhost.duckduckgo.com -> A: www.duckduckgo.com CNAME: duckduckgo.com -> A: www.duckduckgo.com A: www.duckduckgo.com -> IP: 23.21.193.169', '107.20.240.232', '184.72.104.138
So, you can have any number of CNAMEs that point to any of your A records (or names) but not directly to an IP. A records point a name to an IP.
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Hi Eugene, exactly. A CNAME is basically a shortcut or an alias to an A record. A CNAME can't point directly to an IP address, it always points to another name.
So, you can have any number of CNAMEs that point to any of your A records (or names) but not directly to an IP. A records point a name to an IP.