shadow domain query

[Mathias Körber]

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> Ive had a request from a customer who wants to register 5 new=20
> domain names.
> His existing domain is something like:
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> www.acompany.com
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> the five new domains he wants to register are like:
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> www.prefix1.acompany.com
> www.prefix2.acompany.com
> etc.
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> These wont be subdomains as they are each individual sites with=20

They *will* be subdomains !
Where the names are used is irrelevant to the status as subdomains.

He can either delegate these as separate zones (potentially to
separate nameservers) or just add the relevant records directly into
the acompany.com zone.


> their own IP
> address  - they will act as shadow domains - that is, if someone puts =
in
> say, "prefix1" in a search engine they will get a link to
> www.prefix1.acompany.com and can goto this site.  Once on this=20
> site, if they
> drill down, they will be passed to the www.acompany.com,=20
> specifically in the
> "prefix1" section.

That is pure web-wizardry (if at all) nd has nothingreally to with
DNS, once the relevant A records exists as described above.

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> my query is what goes here, as far as DNS.  Im thinking its just like
> registering 5 new sites, each has its own A record. (the only thing =
is,
> these are virtual sites, these 5 new sites will all hang off the =
existing
> server that hosts www.acompany.com)  can anyone see any problems=20
> with this ?

Not as long as good parenting is practised.


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