DNS is the Domain Name System, a hierarchical, distributed database where the keys are domain names.
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Two name servers?
I was told by my domain registrar that they require two name servers per domain name. I want to host my own DNS (to try it out, this isn't an important website) on my own server. I only really need ...
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How does linking a domain and hosting work? [closed]
I've looked everywhere for a good explanation of this, but all I get is a tutorial on how to do it instead of what's going on in the background. If someone could go through an example of what's going ...
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What are reasons some people can't access a website while most others can?
I have a .net MVC 3 Website hosted on a Server 2008 r2 VPS. The site only uses ssl 3.0 connections, so if you connect using http it will bump you up to https. The site is for a small company, just for ...
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DNS name/host-header specific url-pattern/security-constraint, to not require SSL with Tomcat6
I am needing to enable SSL on an application hosted through Tomcat6 and I have added the following to the tomcat web.xml:
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
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Confused with how to set Cname records
Here is a screenshot of what cPanel is asking for in Cname records:
http://i.imgur.com/CG7QC.png
This is what i'm trying to do:
point: secure.randomdomain.com => secure.mydomain.com
What settings ...
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Show other domain using DNS instead of iframe
I have two domains bought at different providers and I would like http://aaaaa.com to show http://bbbbb.com/aaaaa.
Is this possible using only DNS? Must I transfer the domain to my hosting provider?
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SSL between customer's domain having CNAME to our secured server?
We're setting up a payment service -- a few pages to collect credit cards, and do other stuff that needs to be secure. We would like to offer the service to customers via a cobranded page we serve ...
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Why is nat required when proxy is enough? [closed]
My machine is connected in a local lan. to connect to the internet the traffic goes through proxy server. my understanding of proxy server is that it sends the request on behalf of the original ...
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Why can I (and a lot of people) access my website normally but some users can't?
I bought my domain name and registered it with ASmallOrange.
Next, I bought a VPS server with SoftSysHosting.
I went on the CPanel of ASmall orange and set the domains to point to my server's IP ...
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A record point not working
I'm trying to do an A record point to transfer the hosting of a domain from one provider to another. I don't want to change the nameservers as this will result in emails going down.
The output when ...
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how to deploy my jboss servlets to GoDaddy and make it available to my Android client?
I have my web application running in jboss on my pc, accessible only in localhost. I have seen in sites like godaddy, they talk about giving a domain name to your site.
My application only serves ...
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DNS takes too long to resolve
I have a site and its load time needs improvement. When I monitor it, the DNS takes too long to resolve.
Pls see the results here: ...
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Multiple servers - crash safe
I have 2 servers on different networks. Both of them host different website (one is CentOS powered another one is using Mint).
How do I assure maximum uptime? In case one server is overloaded how to ...
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Is this SPF record correct?
I need to set up a SPF record to allow an alternative IP address to send our newsletter emails. The main IP hosting the site still needs to be allowed to send email also.
Would the following work?
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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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MX records of a domain - why are they editable from a hosting panel?
I have a domain, registered at company A. In the domain manager panel at this company I can edit DNS records of my domain, including MX records. That's understandable. I changed them.
But, the ...
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Confirm that a dns zone is served by a nameserver
We currently have a domain which has custom nameservers. Our host has their own nameservers.
I'd like to switch our domain to use our host's nameservers for a while. Our host tells me that their ...
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Point domain to new host - changed nameservers, now what?
This is driving me nuts, because I know I'm missing something simple. I've read numerous articles/posts about how to point (not transfer) your domain to a new web host. They all say to change the name ...
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DNS lookup when using a CDN
Using a CDN can vastly improve the load time of a website. I been thinking of using it to host all my external files like CSS, JS, Images, Videos etc. However I was thinking when linking to a CDN, ...
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ISP issue browsing “sonos.com” - need to diagnose and prove [closed]
I am unable to browse to a website "sonos.com" with my ISP (virgin). I have ruled out browsers, PCs, macs, routers, wifi, etc. Other ISPs (even other virgin connections in different areas!) supply ...
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TXT vs SPF record for Google servers SPF record, either or both?
According to Google’s documentation,
https://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=178723
It clearly says Create a TXT record containing this text: v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all
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use subdomain on different host
I want to accomplish something that I thought was simple. My wish is as follows:
I have a domainname with hosting, a WordPress multisite (with subfolder setup) installed and running: gangleri.nl.
I ...
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2 domains 1 host package
I have a windows web hosting package.
I have 2 different domain names.
Can i point my first domain to the the hosting package and then run BlogEngine.NET and then point the second domain to the ...
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How can I host a website on a dynamically-assigned IP address?
I recently upgraded my internet to the point that it is much faster and more reliable than my current webhost. I would like to move my current domain to be hosted at home, but my IP address is ...
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DNS slows down on development environment
I have a local development environment setup on my Mac. I am running an Ubuntu Web Server inside of a Virtual Box VM. I setup a host file on my Mac that points my dev site to the IP of the Ubuntu ...
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DNS provider for unlimited subdomains with api access?
I have a project in mind that will offer users their own domain, like tumblr does for example.
I want to find a provider that can provide:
One top domain. eg: myproject.com
Unlimited subdomains. ...
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DNS and Wildcard CNAME
Whenever I attempt to make a record for *.schneiderdonnelly.com.au and CNAME it, I get two errors:
You can't mix CNAME/MX records together using the same hostname.
Domain root's cannot be CNAME's, ...
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Redirect primary domain to parked domain
The problem is as follows:
We already have registered domain name (example.com.hr) via a Croatian domain name provider.
During the web hosting registration process, the registrar doesn't offer a ...
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Files uploaded to hosting account but DNS is not finding the new files
I got a new domain http://alfer-ks.com. I have upload files to the server using cPanel, but when I try to load the website, it just shows the cPanel default page, which shows that Apache is running ...
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Am I really tracking my subdomain?
This is very similar to my last question, but now I'm putting a different angle on it.
Could it be that because of my DNS configuration, I'm not able to track traffic using filters?
On my main site ...
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How can my site detect mobile phones and switch visitors to a mobile Domain?
My Question is that when user enter the website: http://www.example.com then they will just go to automatically to http://www.example.mobi how can i do this .. is their any technique behind that.
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DNS hosting better managed by Domain provider or Hosting provider?
Is it better to let DNS be managed by Domain Provider like GoDaddy/Namecheap or point the nameservers to hosting providers like Linode? What are the differences and disadvantages/advantages of both?
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Error in Custom Domain Name for my Tumblr account
I have a top level domain (harib.co.in) which already hosts a WordPress powered blog. I need to associate it with my tumblr account (harihb.tumblr.com). In my blog settings screen, I selected 'Use ...
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DNS configuration to force root domain to www
we have an app running on heroku. the dns setup is like this:
A record for domain.com -> heroku front end ip addresses
CNAME for www.domain.com -> specific host name for our app provided by heroku
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I registered a domain name — how can I point it to my DynDNS host?
How can I host a website from my home machine? I have a DynDNS address so that even if my external IP changes, the machine is accessible.
Lets say, for example, the machine is accessible at ...
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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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What does a domain register do? (e.g namecheap) [closed]
I have a basic understanding of how domains work, and would like to fill in some gaps.
Lets say you make a server request for google.com how do you get the IP Address?
Do you request your ISP, ...
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What percent of visitors should click on the next page before you enable prefetching?
Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome support prefetching via an HTML tag:
<!-- in chrome -->
<link rel="prerender" href="http://example.org/index.html">
I suppose it is always worthwhile ...
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Point domain to Amazon EC2 Server
I just got a domain from a rather suspicious registrar and I want to point that domain to an EC2 instance from Amazon AWS. I already have an elastic IP ready and just need to point the domain to it.
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CDN CNAMEs not resolving to customer origin
I have set up an Edgecast CDN to mirror all my static content. Because I use the root of my domain (donaldjenkins.com) to host my main site—using Google Analytics which sets cookies—I've stored the ...
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Having trouble understanding my domain's DNS records
When I view my domain's DNS records via WHM, I don't see any A records pointing to my server's public IP address. The only A records I see point to 10.x.x.x, which is a private IP address, correct? ...
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Registering single letter domain, selling subdomains? [closed]
I am about to purchase x.yz or a.bc (not those, but same lengths). I want to sell subdomains like rst.x.yz to the public, and would be able to run my own DNS servers for it. Is there a system (iPanel ...
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Using local DNS and public DNS during site development
I'm a web designer and I often develop new sites for existing businesses. Sometimes I find it useful to point my DNS address (for my personal computer) to the development servers local DNS (instead of ...
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Where can I find the most up-to-date information on my domain's name servers?
I just switched registrars for a bunch of domains and the new registrar didn't copy over my existing name servers. Now all my pages appear as "parked" domains when you visit them.
I've gone in and ...
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Github pages and custom domain issues
I have used jekyllbootstrap to setup my blog at primux.in about 2 weeks ago. The blog has been hosted at github pages at primalpop.github.com. Following the advice from here I have created a CNAME ...
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Attemping to setup Domain NameServers but it doesn't appear to work
Im having a little trouble setting up my domain redirect. The domain name is registered with Namesco and the hosting is on wiserhosting. wiserhosting has provided me nameservers of
Nameserver 1: ...
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Server move - DNS change time [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
best practice to migrate server
I'm planning on moving a large active forum to a new server soon. However, the main issue I have is the time it will take for the DNS to ...
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Installing Wordpress on LAMP server but Using a Directory on Windows Server
The main site is running on a windows server. I want to install and run wordpress from a LINUX box at the following Directory.
example.com/blog/
What is the most suitable method to make this work? ...
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Setting up a LaunchRock page without hosting
Looking to buy a 'dot-com' domain as cheap as possible, and set the DNS to forward to the LaunchRock service without having to setup a hosting act. Is this possible, and if so how?
I've asked roughly ...
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Can I have a backup name server?
Is it possible to have a third backup name server in case the first two fail?
Recently I had a site go down for about an hour when a CloudFlare datacenter went down. We have the option of setting a ...
