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Subject:
DNS / CNAME Question
Category: Computers > Internet Asked by: marc10-ga List Price: $10.00 |
Posted:
26 Sep 2005 01:43 PDT
Expires: 26 Oct 2005 01:43 PDT Question ID: 572658 |
I have a website hosted by Yahoo at (lets say) www.abc.com. I have another domain (lets say www.xyz.com) that I would like to direct to abc.com, but I don't want to reveal the abc.com domain. Using my DNS host at xyz.com, I set up an alias record (CNAME) which states www.xyz.com is an alias to www.abc.com. However, when I type www.xyz.com in my browser (with the intention of getting to the www.abc.com site), Yahoo web server give me a page that says "Error 400 - Bad Request" So I am wondering why that is? And how can I direct traffic from xyz.com to abc.com without revealing the abc.com domain. My DNS host offers a "web forwarding" service that uses frames that will mask the abc.com domain, but anyone with even the most basic knowledge will be able to determine the underlying domain. |
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Re: DNS / CNAME Question
From: jojo311-ga on 26 Sep 2005 15:49 PDT |
Does your yahoo site have an IP address associated with it? Does your: name www.abc.com point to an ip like 1.1.1.1? Why dont you just have www.xyz.com point with an "A" record to 1.1.1.1 also? Is this an option? |
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Re: DNS / CNAME Question
From: marc10-ga on 26 Sep 2005 16:29 PDT |
In response to jojo311-ga: Yes, the Yahoo site does have an IP address associated with it (don't all websites?). The IP address is something I discovered by doing a traceroute on abc.com. If I create a A record for xyz.com which points to the IP address, I get the same page..."Error 400 - Bad Request" |
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Re: DNS / CNAME Question
From: dotcommakers-ga on 02 Oct 2005 12:11 PDT |
hi you just want to redirect xyz.com to abc.com right? without revealing abc.com right? it can be done easily.. by a site who is providing dns services as you told your hosting company has providing url forwarding service.. just us "masked" service for this.. if you cant find any such good service.. than i can give you an url.. which is I used for me. regards |
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Re: DNS / CNAME Question
From: marc10-ga on 02 Oct 2005 13:12 PDT |
IN response to dotcommakers-ga: In my original question, I stated: "My DNS host offers a "web forwarding" service that uses frames that will mask the abc.com domain, but anyone with even the most basic knowledge will be able to determine the underlying domain." Isn't there anyone out there who can address my question?! |
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Re: DNS / CNAME Question
From: mansandersson-ga on 19 Oct 2005 13:21 PDT |
I think the problem lies in the web server providing your page. It may not know which page to address when it gets a request of www.xyz.com. This is done (if they use Apache) by editing the VirtualHosts in httpd.conf. Probably, it is only www.abc.com that's added and points to your site. If this is does not help, have you tried to nslookup (dig,host) your domain to see if it really points to the right server? //mansi |
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