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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Domain Names Date: 9 Jul 1996 14:09:32 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4rtlmc$be@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <Du8zt3.4qz@alisa.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] John J. Rushford (wjjr@alisa.org) wrote: : I've got some basic questions about domain names and could not find anything : on the subject in the FreeBSD Handbook. I thought I'd post here for some : answers and advice. Would appreciate any info on the subject. : I've got a FreeBSD 2.1 machine that I use to access the internet via ppp and : I've registered a domain name with the NIC, alisa.org. On my machine, I've : merely set the hostname to 'alisa.org' and have no domain name set. Everything, : mail, telnet, rlogin, etc work fine. Now, I want to set up a web page on the : machine, www.alisa.org. Here is my question: : 1) Do I have to run 'named', DNS, so that hosts on the internet can : resolve to www.alisa.org? If so, would I have to arrange for some : kind of DNS record in my ISP's database, beyond what they have already : for alisa.org? I've just begun to read the DNS and BIND O'Reilly book. You need your someone to resolv www.alisa.org. : 2) I'm interested in providing web pages to customers on the machine and : some want their on domainname. Is it possible to have multiple domain : names on the same machine? If so, How does one set this up? You need your someone to resolv these too. And they're gonna charge you :-( Either you can get your ISP to do it all, or if you run named on your alisa.org machine, you can get the .org people to direct resolve queries at your machine. However, with this approach, you need to convince your ISP to direct packets for these other machines at you..... The best bet is to ask you ISP to give you a subnet. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....