nslookup alpine-usa.com

[Ben Scott]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Michael Pelletier <mvpel at hushmail.com> wrote:
>> ... it's customary to give the IP address of your web server.  That
>> will let people type "alpine-usa.com" into any web browser and
>> still get your web site.
>
> Modern web browsers, if you enter http://alpine-usa.com/ will check for that
> exact name first, then if it's not found, as in this case, it will do
> another query for www.alpine-usa.com.

  Right.  My use of the phrase "any web browser" was not an accident.  :-)

  Another thought: With the games some ISPs are playing with DNS these
days, it might make a difference in some situations.  I can envision
an ISP inserting their own A records on an A record query when none
are returned.

-- Ben