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Date:      Thu, 14 Sep 2000 22:08:39 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>
To:        clabrown@granitepost.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bind redirect webpage
Message-ID:  <39C1AED7.8B1C9294@gorean.org>
References:  <001101c01ec7$58d73d40$fc6d140a@granitepost.com>

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Clarence Brown wrote:

> where the ###.###.###.### points to the ip address of
> the appropriate web server. Now the client wants to
> point to a new web site (not at my location) that has
> been setup for a new version of their name. The goal
> is that typing www.original_name.com will bring up
> the web page for www.new_name.com without the
> user needing to do anything. 

Use a CNAME. Also, make sure that your customer requests that the other
site turn on the "canonical name" option if they're using apache.
That'll help the end users more completely recognize the change. 

good luck,

Doug


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