DNS is the Domain Name System, a hierarchical, distributed database where the keys are domain names.
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Selling a Domain Name. What scams should I be on the lookout for? [closed]
I'm selling a domain name. The transaction is being conducted through escrow.com. Payment will post in a few days at which time we'll transfer the domain name.
I'm no domain name expert. Is there ...
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Find the IP address of expired domains
I want to know the previous hosting IP address of an expired domain. Is there any way find this?
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Need to redirect to another server with no access to DNS A record
I've a website which is on two servers - the one it's on now malfunctioned. I have the site hosted on a second server, but have no access to the DNS Records to point the A Record to the new server IP.
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Pointing a sub domain to another server using directi control panel while domain.com is not hosted
Do we of course need a host for domain.com? Unfortunately currently the host for domain.com is down, so sub.domain.com cannot be redirected to where it should.
Is there a way to at least activate the ...
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Site not accessible without www in url - Error 400 bad request
A site that I am developing works with the format www.domain.com but when typing the domain without the www i.e domain.com I receive a error 400 bad request. How can I enable non-www for my site.
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How to serve a DNS record for a hosted domain and Minecraft server?
I'm using DreamHost to host the domain craftnetwork.co. The Minecraft Server needs to be hosted on subdomain.craftnetwork.co. Can I setup DNS records to direct users to a website when in a browser and ...
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Set up stand-alone IIS server with wildcard SLL cert?
We have a server for IIS 7.5 set up in our DMZ zone for clients to connect to through VPN only, so the client connects through VPN and then uses a web service "locally".
We would like to apply our ...
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CNAME: does a cname change the url that the browser displays?
I have a web site www.somewhere.com and I want the alias fr.somewhere.com.
I set up a CNAME record for www.somewhere.com alias fr.somewhere.com. When a user types in http://fr.somewhere.com in their ...
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google apps domain verification issues
I apologize for asking this here instead of Google's forums, but I find that they tend to yield no results at all, ever.
I have a domain verified on Google Apps through HTML file upload, which I am ...
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How can I create an SPF record on my 1and1.com hosted domain?
Emails from my domain (hosted at 1and1, and using Google Apps Premier edition) have sporadically been going to recipients' spam folders lately. I did some research, tested, and found out that I do ...
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Forwarding non-www domain to other domain with dns
Is it possible to forward firstdomain.com to www.seconddomain.com or seconddomain.com using surely dns records? I know how to forward www.firstdomain.com to seconddomain.com (with CNAME).
What I am ...
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How to monitor traffic from domains forwarding?
I have suppose 10 domains all redirecting( using godaddy forwarding) to example.com. Is there a way I can monitor traffic from these 10 domains ? Probably some how in Google Analytics or some other ...
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Process of DNS resolution using nslookup starting from root nameservers
I understand broadly the theory of how a DNS resolver goes through the domain hierarchy querying nameservers to resolve a domain name from the root namespace downwards however I would like to try ...
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Which DNS registrars will hide my WHOIS information? [closed]
Whilst browsing this question, some of the answers mentioned that certain registrars will replace your whois information with their own. Can anybody provide details on which registrars offer this ...
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How to test the migration of a domain without actually changing the domain?
I have a somewhat complicated situation. We have a blog let's say at myblog.com and it is running fine. However, we now want to cut the budget and use a free hosting service isgreat.org. The service ...
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Is all data about a domain name provided to a TLD registry by the registrar visible on Whois?
I am trying to understand more about how the domain registration process works between the registry and the registrar. My question is when a domain name is registered by a registrar such as GoDaddy, ...
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How to begin editing sites? [closed]
I'm new to creating web-sites and I have just registered a domain name here: from Europe Registry and started trial version of hosting from: ispserver.com.
I shall connect domain and hosting somehow ...
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Domain changes required for SSL integration
Currently my site supports regular payment options (User is taken to Payment Gateway/PG website). Now I'm trying to implement "seamless" PG integration. I need SSL for this. I'm having a dedicated ...
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How do I set up an `A record`?
I have Apache installed on an EC2 instance (with an Elastic IP). I successfully used NameCheap's DNS tool to configure routing of www.mydomain.com and mydomain.com traffic.
If I have a web ...
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creating unlimited sub domains programmatically through api
Note
Consider each subdomain as unique application instance
For information about application architecture visit
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Setup Reverse DNS with Cpanel and WHM?
I needed to set-up a reverse DNS via cpanel. I followed the steps in this tutorial but it didn't work: http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/11_30/WHMDocs/RdnsForBind.
I use my own name servers ...
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website won't work without www. on 123-reg [duplicate]
I've got a website that works with my custom domain name with the www. but when I type it in without the www. it doesn't show up, and I've had customers wondering if my website is down because of ...
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How do I leave mail at the registrar while serving the web from host?
Client's domain is registered with GoDaddy where they have a mail-only plan at the moment. Now web hosting has been set up elsewhere and we need to point web service to the new host while retaining ...
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Keep mail going to old server while hosting on a new server [duplicate]
I'm trying to figure out how to keep mail going to an old server/MX record (which is the same as the domain for the website), after I change the A record for the domain.
Here's what I have now (with ...
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Redirecting www.foo.example.com to foo.example.com
I have a Cpanel web hosting account and have created a subdomain which redirects to an IP address of a different server (Windows IIS) by creating an A record. I don't have control of the Windows ...
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Domain, Hosting and DNS management on 3 seperate providers - is this possible?
I wanted to know if its possible to do the following:
Buy Domain from GoDaddy.
Buy Hosting from HostGator.
Buy DNS Management from DNS Made Easy.
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What is the maximum number of DNS A-records you can use on one domain?
Is it correct that there is no limit to how many DNS A records can be set on a domain?
My boss asked me this and it made me curious, I can't find anything online.
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Domains with no name servers?
I have a few ccTLDs (.my) domains and I've just realised that there is no name servers for them at all. I wonder how that is even possible? Did the vendor whom I bought the domains from do something ...
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Webmin and SPF records
I'm using VPS server with ubuntu and webmin. And in one of my domain
I'd like to use google apps, but neither in webmin panel nor in conf file
I see a place to add this google spf :
v=spf1 ...
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Create a public website on home computer [duplicate]
I posted this Stack Overflow question last week about setting up a Private IP, not knowing a lot about it. I'm not used to this home server stuff. ...
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parked domain on plesk have error 500
I parked the raf-sales.net domain on raf.ir but i have this error:
Server Error in '/' Application. :|
I hate Plesk and have not any idea to fix this problem! :|
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Access a PLESK website before propagation?
My web host uses Plesk and I want to know if there is anyway to access and view a website (with PHP and other processes being functional) without propagation of the domain name?
I have found ...
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My DNS zone includes a loopback record - do I need it?
My dns zone contains a loopback:
localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
Do I need it, and if so why? I can't think of a reason to have it here, especially as - without a dot - it would be localhost.example.com
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xampp not working with DynDNS
My setup consists of:
a XAMPP 1.7.7 installation, with Apache configured to listen to port 8080
dyn.com to make the projects accessible from the web ( 8080 shows up as 'open' when checking with ...
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Are there any risk if your DNS's SOA or admin contact are using the same domain as the DNS
For example, Google.com [1]
The SOA email is : dns-admin.google.com
The contact is:
Administrative Contact:
DNS Admin
Google Inc.
dns-admin.google.com
As you can see, both are using ...
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no-ip.com how to hide static IP address
I'm using no-ip.com in "Port 80 redirect" mode - in fact my provider doesn't mind port 80 being used it's just I don't want to reveal my static IP. When I type the alias (from either local or remote ...
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how do i create name servers
I have recently signed up for a knownhost vps package. My account has been set up on their end. They want me to create ns1.outsourcingnepal.com and ns2.outsourcingnepal.com in my registar and point to ...
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What happened to the test@domain.tld syntax?
I can remember that some years ago several providers advertised the possibility to use the @ syntax instead of general subdomains with their DNS service. Today, I can't find any documentation or hints ...
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How DDNS can link to 3G simcard dynamic IP
I have CCTV that work via 3G (use simcard). I can access it directly using dynamic IP but as it keep changes, I won't be able to access it. My question if I set DDNS on CCTV, how can DDNS detect the ...
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Subdomains regarding name servers/domains
I know how to configure subdomains like sub.example.com on Apache etc. My question is, do I need to make any changes to the name servers/domain that is provided to me?
Would it work the same as ...
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How to redirect my brand new domain to Dlinkddns.com
Today I bought a domain from GoDaddy for my personal usage. I'm trying to forward requests from the domain to a DlinkDDNS account with no success so far.
https://account.dlinkddns.com:port works ...
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Is it okay to have no A records for a domain?
There is one domain I'm using for email only. MX records are set up and everything works. The A records for @ and www are pointing to a machine, which just redirects to google.com.
I am now wondering ...
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Private NS propagation
I have a client that asked me to move his domains to a new private server, this is my first experience on using private name servers so I am unsure if I am doing something incorrectly.
According to ...
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Why won't Webmaster Tools let me set a preferred domain? (says to verify, but it should already be)
I've got a domain that I apparently forgot to set a preferred domain for, so I just tried to do it.
Webmaster Tools instead popped up a little box:
Part of the process of setting a preferred ...
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Access denied to visit a site without www
Why can I visit my own site: http://www.example.com but not http://example.com, which gives me
HTTP Error 403 (Forbidden): The server refused to fulfill the request
How do it fix it?
I wrote ...
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Adding 1 subdomain using .htaccess
Alright, so unlike other solutions I only want one subdomain to appear to be added.
Say I wanted example.com/folder/page.php to be displayed as foo.example.com/folder/page.php, how would I go about ...
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How do I go about assigning my computer to my domain name?
I've just registered a domain name, just to test how uploading a website works (I've made heaps, but never uploaded one), and I am unsure of where to go next. I wish to use my own personal computer ...
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Does the “canonical name” in DNS make any difference to search engines?
Some of our sites are setup with an "a record" to an IP address and some are setup as a cname of a server that then has an "a name" to the same server IP. I want it to be consistent.
Which is the ...
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Why is there a form which allows us to redirect our naked domain, yet it does nothing?
In Google Apps Domain Management, There is a page for me to change how my naked domain http://example.com is redirected.
However, in that page, it tells me You must change the A-record at your domain ...
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making www.foo.com go to srv5.bar.net/~foo
What I need accomplished is when a person out there in internet-land types in www.foo.com they are actually getting served content from srv5.bar.net/~foo
I have root access to both the nameserver ( ...
