How to redirect special query to internal server ?

P.A. pa at lanean.net
Fri May 21 15:21:48 UTC 2004


Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote in message news:<c8j70c$1ppc$1 at sf1.isc.org>...
> P.A. wrote:
> 
> >Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote in message news:<c8dqn3$2dfc$1 at sf1.isc.org>...
> >  
> >
> >>P.A. wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>What I would like is to route all: w3.*.* querys to an internal HTTP
> >>>server used to develop clients web sites.
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>No, DNS wildcards don't work "up" the hierarchy, i.e. to the right-hand 
> >>side of a normally-represented DNS name. They only work "down" the 
> >>hierarchy, i.e. leftwards, and even then, are subject to various 
> >>restrictions and quirks.
> >>
> >>                                                                         
> >>                                    - Kevin
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >  Should it be posible a solution using a proxy on the local machine ?
> > Any idea of a ready-made app ?
> >
> If you're going to use a proxy, why not use a centralized proxy and thus 
> benefit from a shared web cache?
> 
> We're getting a little bit offtopic now...
> 
>                                                                          
>                                  - Kevin

  What I was thinking about was a type of hack, a DNS Proxy that
forwards all queries to standard DNS server, but catches w3.*.*
queries and returns fixed IP to internal server.


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