: A CNAME is basically an alias to another DNS record. A not uncommon setup is something like this: example.com A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx www.example.com CNAME example.com

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A CNAME is basically an alias to another DNS record. A not uncommon setup is something like this:

example.com A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx example.com CNAME example.com


If someone hits example.com and the DNS result isn't cached, resolution of a setup like this is very slightly slower, since two DNS lookups are required (one for example.com, , followed by a lookup for example.com). So that's probably why the tool you're using is referring to a lack of CNAME as 'good'.

I'm not familiar with Cloudflare's product offerings, but in your case you may only be able to use a CNAME, so I really wouldn't worry about this. Moodle may have a different Cloudflare setup to you gives them a dedicated IP they can point their records to.

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