Dave, I guess I used a poor example. I have no intentions of linking to Microsoft, just showing a sample link. We do own the off campus hosted sites.
Steve LaBadie, Web Manager East Stroudsburg University 200 Prospect St. East Stroudsburg, Pa 18301 570-422-3999 http://www.esu.edu [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:45 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: WOT: DNS CNAME > Is there any problem or disadvantage of creating CNAME in the DNS to > point to an outside domain or subdomain (i.e., > http://support.microsoft.com)? There seems to be resistance by the CIO > to use this naming convention and don't see what the problem is. I like > to use them to keep our identity intact when we have to host websites > off campus. We are currently developing a mobile site and I want to use > http://m.esu.edu but expect resistance. Any thoughts? As a CxO myself, I would be extremely reluctant to create CNAMEs that point to sites that actually belong to other organizations, as in your first example - I wouldn't want to imply ownership of support.microsoft.com. Nothing good can come from that. If your organization owns the hosted websites off campus, then I don't see any problem. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335770 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
