Does anyone know how to setup wildcard DNS using bind? I am working on a small network that will be mobile and not connected to the internet. What I'd like to happen is no matter what URL a user might type in, their browser always goes to the same website located on the same mobile LAN. Mike
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 10:39:03AM -0500, Mike Kercher wrote:> Does anyone know how to setup wildcard DNS using bind? > > I am working on a small network that will be mobile and not connected to the > internet. What I'd like to happen is no matter what URL a user might type > in, their browser always goes to the same website located on the same mobile > LAN. >Setup your server to be authoritative for root (.) and serve up a *. A record in there. Some of the alternate root network sites (ie. OpenNIC) have instructions for setting up BIND to be authoritative for . -- 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050819/dc53312c/attachment-0002.sig>
centos-bounces at centos.org <> scribbled on Friday, August 19, 2005 10:50 AM:> On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 10:39:03AM -0500, Mike Kercher wrote: >> Does anyone know how to setup wildcard DNS using bind? >> >> I am working on a small network that will be mobile and not > connected >> to the internet. What I'd like to happen is no matter what > URL a user >> might type in, their browser always goes to the same > website located >> on the same mobile LAN. >> > > Setup your server to be authoritative for root (.) and serve > up a *. A record in there. Some of the alternate root > network sites (ie. OpenNIC) have instructions for setting up > BIND to be authoritative for .Thanks Alan. I'm googling now. If you have a link, I'd appreciate it :) Mike