XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip   
   From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   In comp.protocols.tcp-ip Barry Margolin  wrote:   
   < In article   
   < <477d448f-55e3-4454-99c5-9150499ba887@i18g2000pro.googlegroups.com>,   
   < S Claus  wrote:   
      
   <> here is a perhaps dumb question about hostnames on a company network.   
   (snip)   
      
   <> My question about this is, is it NAT that is used to have a server   
   <> have two hostnames?   
      
   < It's the same way that two entries in the phone book can have   
   < the same phone number.   
      
   Not quite, as phone books don't have CNAME.   
      
   Some phone book entries, instead of giving the number will   
   instead say "See ..."  referencing the appropriate entry,   
   somewhat like CNAME.   
      
   If I remember the OP, the name displayed was not always the same   
   name entered on the command line.   
      
   -- glen   
      
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