[Xitami] VHost CNAME path question
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Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:33:25 -0600
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>OK, ignore my earlier reply (written Tues am, but only recently
>uploaded). I now understand better what your problem is.
Ok I will LOL
>When you add a CNAME RR to your domain, then anything encountering that
>record will in turn ask to resolve the IP address for the "canonical
>name" to which you've just pointed. Therefore, by the time the web
>browser issues its request, it will have that canonical name in its Host:
>header line, and not the original name.
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>The answer is NOT to use CNAME; instead, provide a separate A record,
>pointing to the same IP address as the other host(s); the HTTP request
>will now include the original other.mydomain.com in its headers.
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> > They shouldn't.
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>They will; that's how CNAMEs work.
>--
>Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk@dsl.co.uk
So that's why my domain keeps starring me in the face :)
I best fix my dns again :) Thanks so much Brian for the hinters.
I'll try this too and get that taken care of.