resolving dns name to another dns name?

Danny Mayer mayer at gis.net
Sat Aug 6 17:49:12 UTC 2005


Kurt Boyack wrote:
> On 8/5/05, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
> Not true. I can have www.MYdomain.com point to www.anyotherdomain.com.
> That would work for most web servers (at least all of the ones that
> are set up correctly IMHO).
> 
You're wrong. The HTTP server (unless you are running an old version) or 
haven't set up a non-default host will know the difference. The server 
looks at the host line which contains the name of the host requested and 
directs the request to the appropriate directory tree.

Danny



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