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[Mark Andrews]

> sanbat at gmail.com wrote:
> > I'm looking to set up a DNS server to do domain name parking.  I'd
> > like it to resolve any domain requests to a particular IP address,
> > without having to set up separate zone files in advance.  Is this
> > possible to do, and if so how?
> >   
> According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_parking, "domain 
> parking" means setting up an "under construction" site, or an 
> advertising site, under a domain name that isn't fully populated with 
> content yet.
> 
>  From a DNS infrastructure standpoint, a "parked" domain is no different 
> than a regular domain that's been registered and set up. It's just a 
> difference in web content.
> 
> What *you* want to do is to *wildcard* domain names. You can do that by 
> setting up a "fake" root zone on this particular nameserver, with a 
> wildcard entry in it, or perhaps multiple wildcard entries, if you want 
> to cover IPv6 as well. Just be careful to only serve those faked answers 
> to your own clients; there are still some folks out there running 
> ancient versions of DNS resolvers that could get "polluted" by your 
> bogus responses if they see them.
> 
>                   - Kevin

	Named is likely to reject such answers.

	The DLZ extensions to named are designed to handle this
	situation properly.  I suggest that the original poster
	look at the DLZ work rather than using a wildcard root zone.

	Mark
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