DNS is a pretty flexible service, but it would not be a good idea to do it that way if you want reliability in the service that the client receives IMHO.
An applet or other redirection type of mechanism would be the better way to do this. Maybe something at the L7 Firewall or the load balancer would work as well? I'd opt for the applet or other mechanism to redirect myself because I typically want the client to know they're being redirected. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 7:08 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT:DNS SRV resource Kit Neil, I'm not sure I follow you here. Are you saying people use DNS to do port redirection for requested records? As in, I go and create an alias called ww2 in a domain called xcompany.com and I am able to specify the port and get DNS to inspect a request for ww2.xcompany.com:portABC and redirect the client to the appropriate A record? Am I just reading you upside-down? Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Ruston, Neil Sent: Fri 5/13/2005 8:44 AM To: 'ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT:DNS SRV resource Kit Why not simply add an alias for www.xcompany.com and include the port number. e.g. host: www.xcompany.com alias: ww2.xcompany.com:456 <http://www.xcompany.com:456> This is how some ppl have configured DNS and web servers to work correctly when ISPs block port 80. neil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Johnson Sent: 13 May 2005 09:40 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] OT:DNS SRV resource Kit Hi All Does anyone know wether IE supports SRV Resource records in DNS. I like to create a DNS entry that includes the port number of the Website on one of my internap IIS boxes. I know I can do this with host headers within IIS but I was wondering wether I could do it so that www.xcompany.com <http://www.xcompany.com/> would be redirected to http://server/webiste:456 for example. Thanks in advance Peter Johnson ============================================================================= = This message is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you received this message in error please delete it and notify us. If this message was misdirected, CSFB does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. CSFB retains and monitors electronic communications sent through its network. Instructions transmitted over this system are not binding on CSFB until they are confirmed by us. Message transmission is not guaranteed to be secure. ============================================================================= = List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
