[dns-operations] Why are cnames called "canonical" names?

[Tony Finch]

Mark E. Jeftovic <markjr at easydns.com> wrote:
>
> In other words my question is "what is the etymology of the term
> 'canonical' in the sense that it's used in the DNS CNAME RR"

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/canonical.html is quite good.

Tony.
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