Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:16:20 +1000 From: Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> To: "Jonathan Fortin" <jfortin@akalink.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: OT: naming Web servers (was Re: *.example.net) Message-ID: <200104270416.OAA27084@tungsten.austclear.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from "Jonathan Fortin" <jfortin@akalink.com> of "Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:48:45 -0400." <003b01c0cecc$f5eeebe0$0200320a@node00>
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jfortin@akalink.com said: >> 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. > > No offense, but you will have to explain yourself better. Their is no > client-side difficultys, usually people type in ww, wwww and it will > bring them to the correct area. What I'm saying is that if you're naming your Web server something other than "www.yourdomain.com" then you're doing a pretty good job of saying "I don't want people to come to my server unless I've told them its name", so to then set up wildcard records in DNS that say "I've got no idea what you typed, but try this address" would seem to achieve exactly the opposite. As you say, the most common typos would be things like "ww" or "wwww". Most people will realise pretty quickly what they've done wrong (since they're probably used to doing it). But if you're really concerned about it you can throw in a couple of extra DNS entries to catch the most common mistakes. jfortin@akalink.com said: > Right but that has nothing to do with dns wildcarding. That's been my point all along--that there's very little use for DNS wildcarding. Just because he asked about DNS wildcarding doesn't mean that's a good solution for what he wants to do. As it happens (and for the reasons I originally outlined) I consider DNS wildcarding to be a pretty bad solution for almost any problem. However, having a clearer understanding of what Chris is doing I can see why he wants the convenience of DNS wildcarding. Personally, I'd still take the higher-maintenance path. 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
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