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November 6th, 2003, 02:25 AM
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DNS Wildcards from ISP?
Hi
I'd like to activate DNS wildcards on a domain I own with my ISP. The current record is a CNAME record held with my ISP (who also host for me). They use UNIX-based DNS. Am I correct to understand that they are able to set a second record up which begins *.[domain] to activate this? The do give limited access to DNS setup in their configuration. However, having tried to enter a record with the above it throws an error for the wildcard character. Does this mean they can't do it? Thanks.
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November 10th, 2003, 04:03 AM
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Try this ... If your allowed to create aliases, this is quick and easy.
Code:
*.yourdomain.com. IN CNAME www.yourdomain.com. Regards
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November 10th, 2003, 07:22 AM
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Thanks for your reply.
Thats what I tried, but it came back with an error, something along the lines of an invalid character, which I assume is the asterix. So using *.[domain]. will allow for wildcards?
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November 10th, 2003, 08:41 AM
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BIND allows asterisks, and you need to do a fancy registry trick to force Microsoft DNS Server to allow wild hosts. Search previous posts for this registry trick.
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