URL Redirection via DNS

[Ryan Knapper]

This is not what DNS does.  It matches an IP with a domain name.  Changing
the URL needs to be done from within the web-page.

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 07:38, Binmakhashen, Latif <
Latif.Binmakhashen at omnicare.com> wrote:

>  Jeff
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> Thank you for wording your reply more professionally. That’s exactly what I
> was trying to find out since I’ve never tested it.
>
> So in this case, the CNAME mike.mydomain.com will display the web page of
> Ralph.mydomain.com but the URL at the address bar will remain
> mike.mydomain.com and there is no way to get DNS to display the actual URL
> rather than continue to display the CNAME?
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> I hope my question is clear to you guys!
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> *From:* Jeff Lightner [mailto:jlightner at water.com]
> *Sent**:* Friday, April 24, 2009 10:31 AM
> *To:* Pablo Arturi; Binmakhashen, Latif; BIND Mailing List
> *Subject:* RE: URL Redirection via DNS
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> Short answer:  No
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> Longer answer:  Only FQDN can be aliased with CNAME.   That’s not
> technically a redirect.   (e.g. mike.mydomain.com being CNAME to
> Ralph.mydomain.com is OK – however you can not make
> mike.mydomain.com/landingpage do anything because “/landingpage” is not
> part of the FQDN so has nothing to do with DNS.)
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> Minor Rant:  Why don’t web developers know how to do simple URL redirection
> and quit asking DNS Admins to do it for them?
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> *From:* bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org [mailto:
> bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org] *On Behalf Of *Pablo Arturi
> *Sent:* Friday, April 24, 2009 10:18 AM
> *To:* Binmakhashen, Latif; BIND Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: URL Redirection via DNS
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> Or it's too much complex to me, or you're terrible wrong in concepts.
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> DNS has nothing to do with URL redirection, that's a web server job, or
> again, it's too much complex to me. :) What would be an example of what you
> want to do?
>
> Hi guys,
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> Is it possible to setup DNS to redirect URLs in the address bar of an IE?
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