Default/Wildcard Query Response
phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Thu Jul 31 06:08:27 UTC 2003
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?
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>> > 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.
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>> > 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.
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>> > Any help is appreciated. Please respond to the e-mail address below
>> > and copy the newsgroup.
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>> You ask in news and will receive answer with news ...
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>> Try a DNS wildcard '*' :
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>> * IN A <ip-of-wildcard>
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>> This may be combined with other RR and the general rule is=20
>> that "closest fit" will match.
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> 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.
> Such that you register a domain name and use my name servers. I have
> no clue what your new domain is, but I want it to be activated
> immediately once you point to me.
> Thanks.
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>> > Thanks,
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>> > Shane Kinsch
>> > NetraCorp LLC
>> > shane.kinsch at netracorp.comNOSPAM
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Peter H=E5kanson =20
IPSec Sverige ( At Gothenburg Riverside )
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