Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:23:49 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: John DeStefano <deesto@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mask IP:port with Domain Name Message-ID: <3EFB4845.1010801@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20030626185043.82750.qmail@web40610.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030626185043.82750.qmail@web40610.mail.yahoo.com>
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John DeStefano wrote: [ ...hitting return every 76 characters would be nice... ] > My question is on what I assume to be IP masking. When someone punches in my > domain name to reach the web site running on FBSD, their browser's address field > (well, actually it's the DNS doing it) instantly translates the domain name into > my actual IP address and port number. This is alarming for security reasons, as > well as relatives who know nothing about technology asking inane questions about > the disappearing web site name. Um. I consulted my magic eight ball, and it translated your question as: ] I'm trying to host a web site on a FreeBSD machine. My registrar, godaddy, ] offers a redirect service which sends requests from "www.mydomain.com" to your ] FreeBSD machine, which possibly has a dynamic IP? If so, have you set the hostname of the server via this section in your httpd.conf file: # 127.0.0.1 is the TCP/IP local loop-back address, often named localhost. Your # machine always knows itself by this address. If you use Apache strictly for # local testing and development, you may use 127.0.0.1 as the server name. # ServerName www.mydomain.com Also, are you running apache on port 80, or is that being blocked by your ISP? -Chuck
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