On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 10:52 AM Martin Duke via Datatracker <
[email protected]> wrote:

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> COMMENT:
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> To this DNS non-expert, I found it hard to follow the motivation for
> AliasMode.
> In particular, I asked myself the following questions that could have been
> answered in the Introduction or in (2.4.2):
>
> - Why is it not OK for a CNAME to alias the apex, but OK for AliasMode to
> do
> so? [having asked around, it's because CNAME aliases all the record types,
> which is nonsensical for the apex, and AliasMode does not]
>

OK, we can add or cite an explanation (
https://github.com/MikeBishop/dns-alt-svc/issues/373).

- For non-apex domains, under what conditions would I use AliasMode instead
> of
> a CNAME? Is it just when I don't want to bring along record types besides
> A,
> AAAA, and SVCB?
>

A SVCB record is always for a single "origin" (scheme, host, and port).  A
CNAME is for an entire name.  I would say that's the dispositive factor in
determining which one you want to use.

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