Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 00:02:11 -0400 From: "Jonathan Fortin" <jfortin@akalink.com> To: "Christopher Leigh" <clcont@gmx.net> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: *.example.net Message-ID: <005d01c0cece$d62c82c0$0200320a@node00> References: <200104270339.NAA26008@tungsten.austclear.com.au> <001c01c15e99$585c3650$0101a8c0@contrec> <004701c0cecd$759cc600$0200320a@node00> <001601c15e9b$62c87250$0101a8c0@contrec>
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It's called dns wildcarding. eiwrjoiqerjoqejreqworjo.akalink.com resolves . Bind8 and 9 does it. you put *.blah.com. A yourip and its done :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Leigh" <clcont@gmx.net> To: "Jonathan Fortin" <jfortin@akalink.com>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:56 PM Subject: Re: *.example.net > 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 > > > > 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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