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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 22:56:40 -0500
From:      "Christopher Leigh" <clcont@gmx.net>
To:        "Jonathan Fortin" <jfortin@akalink.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: *.example.net 
Message-ID:  <001601c15e9b$62c87250$0101a8c0@contrec>
References:  <200104270339.NAA26008@tungsten.austclear.com.au> <001c01c15e99$585c3650$0101a8c0@contrec> <004701c0cecd$759cc600$0200320a@node00>

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i want something like... like cjb.net does.

it's pretty cool...

i like the idea...

and i'd like to do it, too.

just wondering if it's possible.

i know how to use the ServerAlias directive.
:)
i guess it would be a CNAME instead of an A record...

i just want to know how *.contrec.cjb.net can resolve... like...
sdflkjsdfkljsfdlkjfsd.contrec.cjb.net resolves.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Fortin" <jfortin@akalink.com>
To: "Christopher Leigh" <clcont@gmx.net>
Cc: <questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: *.example.net


> Dude,
>
> Their is something called, SERVERALIAS!!!
>
> ServerAlias *domain.com  in your virtualhost directive for apache that
is.
>
> and all mistypes will lead to the correct root document.
>
> I understand your point but ServerAlias covers that and you can even
make it
> more clean with rewrite after Serveralias processes it to the correct
root
> doc.
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Leigh" <clcont@gmx.net>
> To: "Tony Landells" <ahl@austclear.com.au>;
<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:42 PM
> Subject: Re: *.example.net
>
>
> > yall missed the point...
> >
> > it wasn't for mis-typing, it was so that they go to a different
document
> > root...
> >
> > like blah.example.net goes to /www/hosts/blah, etc.
> >
> > that's what it's for...
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tony Landells" <ahl@austclear.com.au>
> > To: "Jonathan Fortin" <jfortin@akalink.com>
> > Cc: <questions@freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 10:39 PM
> > Subject: Re: *.example.net
> >
> >
> > >
> > > jfortin@akalink.com said:
> > > > 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.
> > >
> > > That's an interesting idea, but I'd submit that if you've followed
> > > convention and named your Web site "www.yourdomain.com", then the
> > > only thing you're saving them from is mistyping "www", because if
> > > they mistype "yourdomain.com" they're not going to get your DNS
server
> > > anyway.
> > >
> > > If you haven't followed convention then you're making life
difficult
> > > for other people anyway, and making "all roads lead to Rome" would
> > > seem a contradiction.
> > >
> > > If you had a good reason for not naming your Web server "www" but
want
> > > people to find it as "www", then you can put in a separate A
record or
> > > CNAME record that leads them in the right direction.
> > >
> > > 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
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> > > 525 Collins Street
> > > Melbourne VIC 3000
> > > Australia
> > >
> > >
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