Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:41:58 -0400 From: "Jonathan Fortin" <jfortin@akalink.com> To: "Christopher Leigh" <clcont@gmx.net> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: *.example.net Message-ID: <002d01c0cecc$0360ce20$0200320a@node00> References: <200104270326.NAA25642@tungsten.austclear.com.au> <000d01c0ceca$c7856e20$0200320a@node00> <001401c15e98$3110d070$0101a8c0@contrec>
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Hello, DJBDNS has nothing to do with the operating system FreeBSD. Please email the port maintainer or the programmer that programmed djbdns. Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Leigh" <clcont@gmx.net> To: "Jonathan Fortin" <jfortin@akalink.com>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:33 PM Subject: Re: *.example.net > yeah. that's what i wanted to do... > > use it with a webserver... > > anyone know how? > > anyone have a patch? :D > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonathan Fortin" <jfortin@akalink.com> > To: "Tony Landells" <ahl@austclear.com.au> > Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 10:33 PM > Subject: Re: *.example.net > > > > > > The whole point of using wildcard DNS in my regard is if you got a > > production website, you would point *.yourdomain.com to the IP address > to > > redirect impotent users to your homepage, then you can rewrite the > HTTP_HOST > > header with mod _rewrite making it seem like they didn't mistype it > which is > > actually good, but either then that I wouldnt see the use. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tony Landells" <ahl@austclear.com.au> > > To: "Christopher Leigh" <clcont@gmx.net> > > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 11:26 PM > > Subject: Re: *.example.net > > > > > > > I've never heard of anyone doing wildcard A records... > > > > > > Back in the days when people weren't very good at hiding hostnames > > > in email they used to use wildcard MX records. They were generally > > > considered a necessary evil, but people who had the skill were > advised > > > to hide the hostnames in email instead and abolish the wildcard MX. > > > > > > The reason I mention this is that the fundamental thing is the > same-- > > > you're trying to solve a problem that shouldn't exist. > > > > > > The whole point of DNS is to tell you the address for valid servers. > > > If you return an address for any hostname in your domain, then > people > > > who have mis-typed a hostname will then have to wait for their data > > > (HTTP, SMTP, telnet, whatever) connection to time out, rather than > > > coming back immediately and telling them the hostname is wrong. > > > > > > Mind you, I can see some applications for this, but the majority of > the > > > advantages are spurious at best. And since the only place you > should > > > be advertising an RFC 1918 address like 192.168.1.1 is on your > internal > > > network, all you're going to do is annoy your users. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Tony > > > -- > > > Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> > > > Senior Network Engineer Ph: +61 3 9677 9319 > > > Australian Clearing Services Pty Ltd Fax: +61 3 9677 9355 > > > Level 4, Rialto North Tower > > > 525 Collins Street > > > Melbourne VIC 3000 > > > Australia > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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