DNS is the Domain Name System, a hierarchical, distributed database where the keys are domain names.
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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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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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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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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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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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How can I keep my biz website with Squarespace but my blog with WordPress
I started my website with Squarespace, and while it's great for a static small-biz website, it's not working for a dynamic blog. I'd like to start a self-hosted WordPress blog but still keep the ...
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Website Disaster Recovery Strategy using DNS
I am attempting to formulate a Disaster Recovery strategy for our company website and would like to know if the following is even possible theoretically or practically?
If I ask our Domain registrar ...
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Should your Nameservers be under a Different Domain
I notice that, with most of the web hosts I use, they provide nameserver addresses under their main domain (or a related domain).
For example Mediatemple provides name servers which are:
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Right process to transfer new website over current one
My current (old) website is just a static site. It has been online for 6 years. I just rebuilt it on Drupal. I need to obviously replace the current website with the old one. But first, the new ...
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Can I point a CNAME to a subpage on Google Sites?
Simple question:
I followed the instructions and now I have a CNAME pointing www.mydomain.com to my Google Sites site.
I want to add another, pointing mike.mydomain.com to ...
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intermittent DNS problems
How would I go about tracking this issue down?
One of my websites has been up for years without issue. We're using Godaddy's nameservers for our domain.
Lately in the past two weeks, I've noticed ...
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Why would it take longer for a web page to resolve when the url is entered without “www”?
I was looking up a new website a friend of mine just built, and when I typed in "youwho.com", it took like 3 minutes to return the page to me. When I typed "www.youwho.com" it resolved instantly.
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how to setup site for no www
the company im working at handle the hosting our self. we got www.domain.com up now and we want to make the domain.com to work as well. we use iis7. i seen some articles and found one with url rewrite ...
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Forwarded/custom domain names and SSL
Assume I have a website that offers a web-based service to companies:
myservice.com
Each company has a subdomain wildcarded via mod_rewrite:
client1.myservice.com
(This is typical of many ...
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Registered a .PRO domain, can't change DNS for 120 days?
I noticed the following in Gandi's terms and conditions for .PRO domains:
Once the domain has been registered, you cannot modify the contacts or DNS for 120 days.
What the heck? How am I ...
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Recommendations for managing DNS issues when hosting customer sites
I'm working at a company which primarily provides SaaS products but also will host some of our customers corporate websites. My question relates to recommendations for managing DNS for client's domain ...
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DNS question and Google PageRank from domains
I'm not so good at DNS at all but I do know some basics.
A while ago i have noticed, that my blog have different Page Ranks, PR 3 for domain www.example.com and PR 1 for domain example.com.
In dns ...
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How to transfer a domain from 101domain to another registrar?
A friend of mine bought a domain name on 101domains, and now wants to have his website hosted on my servers. I would like to have full control of the DNS records, and thus would like to change the NS ...
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How do I add multiple providers DNS to my domain for website replication and access?
Hello I have a website that I would like to keep online no matter what for that purpose I don't mind buying multiple webhosting packages. Its a small website in terms of size but not in terms of ...
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How does IPv6 and AAAA DNS records affect my visitors?
If I set up a web site and the web server only has IPv6, and my domain uses a AAAA DNS record instead of a A record, how does this affect my visitors?
Can only end users that have IPv6 on their ...
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Why does modx-based site start using different domains for some content?
situation
I have a modx site on a VPS with multiple domain and subdomain names. The modx site should use what I call the 'primary' domain name's 'primary' subdomain, ie www.intendedname.tld . The ...
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Migrate add-on domain olddomain.com to newdomain.com
I have 2 domains that are registered at GoDaddy :
domaina.com (not hosted, only domain name is registered to GD)
domainb.com (hosted at a different webhost, domain name registered to GD)
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My Herokuapp is inaccessible from custom domain name
I have a Heroku app that is located at myapp.herokuapp.com. I have mapped a domain name to this app, using the A properties. I followed the instructions on Heroku's website to the letter, and it ...
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How to make a sub-domain an alias of other domain when a wilcard exist to that level in the dns server [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
vhost set up help — domain and ip point to the same site
I have recently set up Linux CentOS on a little VPS.
I have bought my own domain and made A records to my ...
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DNS NAmeserver Aname and cname records [closed]
I am inexperienced in the configuration of DNS and have an issue with dominan hosting set up.
I have two domains
'www.mydomain1.com' and 'www.mydomain2.com', with mydomain2 pointed at the same ...
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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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Custom Domain for Tumblr
I am trying to set up a custom domain for my tumblr account.
http://blog.scribeair.com/ to http://scribeair.tumblr.com
Can some one help me how to set up the DNS records for the subdomain.
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Which PHP hosting is better GoDaddy or 1and1? and Also domain mangement [closed]
I own a domain on GoDaddy and I bought a hosting plan from 1and1. Now my subscription is going to end and I want to renew it, but I also want to choose only one company for my web site to have both ...
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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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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 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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Host your own website and dns server
I pay yearly big money for my websites' hostings, domain registrars .. etc.
My ip is dynamic and provider allows http port. In my local webserver, I can access to my websites like that: localhost:80 ...
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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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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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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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DNS: How can I determine which IP a subdomain is associated with?
I bought a domain(tohid.ir.tc) from a hosting company. it seems that it is a sub domain of this domain(Ir.tc).
it made lot's of problems for me. I don't now to which DNS server it is pointing. both ...
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Third-party SaaS will also host our web site. They want our registrar username and password. Is this normal?
I'm In a situation that's slightly different from this question.
Why would anyone need my registrar information for a new web
site?
We currently host our own web server and mail server. We're ...
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How to point two domains to one ip address with a sub-domain
I am a little stuck here I currently have a domain:
www.my-site.org & m.my-site.org
I want to point m.mainsite.org to m.my-site.org
I already have an A record created for m.mainsite.org I need ...
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Recommended Site Redundancy Options
I am developing a site for a client who is emphasizing "no downtime allowed".
Now even cloud hosting doesn't provide a 100% up-time promise, so I've been thinking about mirrored hosting, where if ...
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Is it possible to use cloudflare without having them managing my DNS?
I need to use cloudflare without having them managing my DNS, My DNS server have much more options that I do need.
Instead of setting cloudflare as my dns server, I have added it as a NS record from ...
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What nameserver should I use?
Let's say that I have site.com website that I bought at one place, but want to host on another place. I don't know what to do. Here is scenario.
I bought site.com on company that is using their own ...
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Do I need a working DNS server to resolve another DNS server
I suspect this question might be more suitable to networking stack exchange but I didnt find any such site, so this seemed like the best place to ask it.
I recently moved back to my native country ...
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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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Non www to www redirection A record problem
I have told my domain registrar to set my domain like this:
www.domain.com -> IP1
domain.com -> A record IP2
www.domain.com works properly, but non www returns %20 before the real url www.domain.com
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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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DNS MX forward one mailbox of a domain
I wanna know if exists a way to forward one mailbox with DNS MX entries ?, maybe with CNAME or other things. I want use for a particular mailbox a new mail services and for others mailboxes using the ...
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How can I repoint my domain? DNS/MX etc
I've searched the questions here, but have found nothing that gives me the assurance I require.
My situation:
I have a domain registered with Network Solutions, linked to hosting on NetSol
I have ...
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no-www redirect not working / DNS A record
I'm far from an expert on this, but I'll try to be as clear as possible.
I have an eshop solution leased from a company and it's hosted on their server. I can access it thru company.com/myshop and it ...
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After changing DNS a domain shows differently on different browser?
I have changed the nameserver's of one of my domains but I found a problem that within Firefox these changes have not updated as expected, however this problem does not occur in other browsers such as ...
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Separate Nameserver and MX server at different providers [duplicate]
I have a DNS + Mail service with hosting company HostA for a domain mydomain.com and would like to use the servers of FreeDNS as nameservers so that they will resolve web requests to my home server's ...
