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Can't set "example.com" as a CNAME record?

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I'm currently running a server at home, but I have a dynamic IP. So I subscribed to a dynamic dns service(dlinkddns.com). I made all the correct settings in my own network, and the ip updates perfectly. The problem is that I have a domainname(let's say: "example.com"), and I want to set the root do…

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Fix for: Can't set "example.com" as a CNAME record?

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You cannot set a CNAME record for a root domain (e.g., ) because that would break RFC 1034 section 3.6.2, which states, If a CNAME RR is present at a node, no other data should be present; this ensures that the data for a canonical name and its alia…

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