yep that is right.. how can we achieve subdomains if ISP is holding the DNS?
no way other than requesting them for subdomain and pay them? On 8/21/07, Neville Hillyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 7:35 pm +0800 21/8/07, solidzh wrote: > > 2007/8/21, Kranti K K Parisa [GetSet-India] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > > > I recently started working on Apache. > > I want to configure a sub domain > > > > for example i have the domain registered on my name as www.abc.com > > can i configure a subdomain like blogs.abc.com? > > > > Yes Apache can do it easily.You need a name-based virtual host.Given > your apache is 2.0 version,you could see this document: > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/name-based.html > > > > An interesting well written page but note the following quote from it: > > "Of course, you can't just make up names and place them in ServerName or > ServerAlias. You must first have your DNS server properly configured to map > those names to an IP address associated with your server." > > I am not a DNS expert but I suspect many DNSs have to explicitly list each > sub-hostname however it is clear from http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4592.txtthat > there is no reason why a DNS cannot be set to eg: > *.hostname.com > Can anybody say if DNSs operated by ISPs normally default to this? Clearly > it would save much unnecessary work with minimal additional security issues. > > Neville > > > > > -- ------------------ Best Regards Kranti Kiran Kumar Parisa Mobile: +91 - 9849 - 625 - 625 +91 - 9391 - 438 - 738
