Default/Wildcard Query Response

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Shane Kinsch <shane.kinsch at netracorp.com> wrote:
> phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu wrote in message news:<bgacc9$2bjv$1 at sf1.isc.org>...
>> Shane Kinsch <shane.kinsch at netracorp.com> wrote:
>> > phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu wrote in message news:<bg6dqi$1j0$1 at sf1.isc.or=
>>  g>...
>> >> Shane Kinsch <shane.kinsch at netracorp.com> wrote:
>> >> > Does anyone happen to know a quick and dirty way of taking any traff=
>>  ic
>> >> > being requested and give the person doing the query a default IP?
>>  =20
>> >> > For example... Let's say you were a hosting company or a domain name
>> >> > registration firm and you are registering (or allowing people to
>> >> > register) domain names using your DNS servers.
>>  =20
>> >> > I would like to direct traffic of the new domain to an IP address su=
>>  ch
>> >> > that person X registers a domain xyz.com and uses our DNS servers fo=
>>  r
>> >> > resolution.  I would like to have a default statement somewhere that
>> >> > when queried, and the domain is not locally setup, it responds to a
>> >> > default IP address thus sending the traffic to a default "domain not
>> >> > setup" page.
>>  =20
>> >> > Any help is appreciated.  Please respond to the e-mail address below
>> >> > and copy the newsgroup.
>> >>=20
>> >> You ask in news and will receive answer with news ...
>> >>=20
>> >>=20
>> >> Try a DNS wildcard '*' :
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>> >> *	IN	A	<ip-of-wildcard>
>> >>=20
>> >> This may be combined with other RR and the general rule is=20
>> >> that "closest fit" will match.
>> >>=20
>>  
>> > Where would this go?  In the root's cache?  I'm not looking for domain
>> > specific as I don't know who is pointing to me.  I want to take any
>> > and all generic traffic and redirect to a generic start page.
>> 
>> In the zone's zonefile. This is "just another resource-record" among othe=
>> rs.

> I don't think you understand what I'm asking.  There is no ZONE to put
> it in.  It doesn't exist.  I need a "wildcard" zone or some config
> change that will respond to anything if asked with an IP that I give. 
> Again, let's say you point your domain to my servers... they won't
> respond because I am not the SOA for your domain... now let's say I
> make some magic change to my DNS servers to respond with an IP, even
> though I'm not the SOA.  Is this possible??

If you want this to happen for evetry TLD then you must run 
yout own root-servers. As rootserver you have a zoen for '.', put your
wildcard there and youre done.

There is a number of implications with running a root-server, and for the
time beeing i think it's time to advice you to drop this idea.

>  


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