Host Header Site

Jim McAtee jmcatee at mediaodyssey.com
Thu Jul 7 01:39:38 UTC 2005


If the web server hasn't been configured to associate the host names 
"domain2.com" and "www.domain2.com" with that particular web site, then 
you can't do it.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Hammer" <no at email.com>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.dns.bind
To: <comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:27 AM
Subject: Host Header Site


> Hello,
>
> I would like to point a domain to a site that is using host headers.  I 
> do
> not host the site.  I wish it was as simple as using an A record, but I
> cannot get to the site via IP Address.  Furthermore, I believe using a 
> CNAME
> record would be illegal for the main domain record.  I am using BIND 
> 9.2.4.
>
> Can anyone give me a clue as to how to point domain1.com (and
> www.domain1.com) to domain2.com (host header site) without the IP 
> address? 



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