[Xitami] VHost CNAME path question

[Dario B.]

Personally I use a dynamic DNS (NoIP.com) and there you can specify
"Wilcards", so *.mydomain.ext will point to your IP address

Dario B.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian {Hamilton Kelly}" <bhk@dsl.co.uk>
To: <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Xitami] VHost CNAME path question


> In message <5.1.1.6.0.20041025235854.00b2dd20@mail.mrjdesign.com>
>    admin writes:
> > Ok so here's a somewhat stupid question or maybe I just need more sleep.
> >
> > Assume: the base host domain name is MYDOMAIN.COM
> >
> > Now by default all hits on www.mydomain.com, mydomain.com and
> > anything.mydomain.com will hit the base host.
>
> Through what mechanism does this "default" occur?  Can you show us the
> DNS entries for this domain of yours (obfuscated as above if you insist,
> although better the real ones).  [Use
>     nslookup - ns.dns.provider.com
> and then the
>     ls -d > some.file mydomain.com
> command to list ALL the RRs for mydomain.com]
>
> UNLESS there ARE DNS entries for the root domain, AND www.mydomain.com,
> AND for anything.mydomain.com (in which, if anything is really meant to
> be anything, then you'll need an entry for *.mydomain.com), then there is
> by no means any "default" that routes the traffic to any one particular
> server.
>
> Or did you know all this, and were just being somewhat vague in your
> reportage?
>
> -- 
> Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                     bhk@dsl.co.uk
>    "I don't use Linux. I prefer to use an OS supported by a large multi-
>    national vendor, with a good office suite, excellent network/internet
>    software and decent hardware support."
>
>
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