Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 02:28:55 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: ABAMF ICI <ABAMFICI@aol.com> Cc: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Subject: Re: I need a backwards computer dictionary.... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980411022514.17637A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <f8ee7421.352ed984@aol.com>
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On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, ABAMF ICI wrote: > If my computer on 123.123.123.123 has the name foobar.com, how can I get > someone who accesses www.foobar.com to just be redirected or see whatever is > on foobar.com? Or what's this term called? I don't think I'm being very > clear, let me try again... > > I have two computers on my little network with IP #s 123.123.123.122 and > 123.123.123.123. 122 has all the www stuff on it and is the host computer > or whatever. 123 has all the ftp stuff on it and uses aliases to be connected > to the internet. when someone goes to www.foobar.com I want the request to > hit 122 and have it just throw out the page. right now it only works when > someone goes to http://foobar.com when someone hits ftp.foobar.com I want > it to redirect to 123....I don't need the whole method, but it would be nice > if it's fairly simple. Just the name would be good. Just the name would be DNS. Something like $ORIGIN com. foobar IN A 123.123.123.122 $ORIGIN foobar.com. www IN CNAME foobar.com. ftp IN A 123.123.123.123 in your DNS records, off the top of my head, and assuming proper SOA records. That's CERTAINLY not a newbie topic, though. I'll direct followups to -questions. > Thanks in advance, > Kevin > :) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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