redirection with dns ?

[Kevin Darcy]

chas at pcscs.com wrote:

> I know this is possible using http cgi redirect scripts, but ...
>
> Is it possible to redirect using a domain's RR to a sub-directory at a
> website?
>
> For example:
> www IN CNAME hostname.domain.com.
>
> The above seems to work...
>
> but is it possible to redirect to hostname.domain.com/subdirectory ?

Not within DNS, no. DNS doesn't know from subdirectories. This kind of
thing can be done within webserver configurations.


- Kevin