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kridsana's avatar
kridsana
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Jan 17, 2018

Is CNAME really a redirect method ?

Is CNAME really a redirect method ?   We have CNAME record like this. [ a.example.com IN CNAME b.login.aws.com ]   and b.login.aws.com is also CNAME of s3-website-west-1.amazonaws.com   Wh...
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Stanislas_Piro2's avatar
Stanislas_Piro2
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Jan 17, 2018

Dns name to IP address is handled by system. Http request is handled by browser!

 

Browser is not aware if there is a DNS CNAME.