newbie question

[Michael Milligan]

>if I use a CNAME like
>
>mydom.com.  IN CNAME otherdom.com.
>*.mydom.com IN CNAME otherdom.com.
>
>the DNS should forward all subdomains of
>mydom to the same IP address of otherdom.com.
>
>my question is:
>can otherdom know that it is called as 'subdomain.mydom.com'
>looking at the variable HTTP_HOST ?

Yes, as long as the browser sends a Host: header.

Regards,
Mike

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