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Cloudfront dist on top level domain

Is it possible to point a top level domain like http://example.com to a amazon cloudfront distribution?

I know it's possible with CNAME's but as far as i know i need to set a A-name record for the top level domain in the DNS settings.

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My understanding is that you cannot create an A record for Cloudfront.

Amazon provides you with a domain name like YourName.cloudfront.net. They need to manage the DNS resolution for that domain name behind the scenes in order to route each request to the nearest edge server.

Eric J.  2009-08-28 17:31:58

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