Domain Wildcarding

[Bob Steele]

Razvan, the purpose is to setup a bogus name server that will force inquiries
onto a specific web page regardless of the domain that the user enters into his
browser.  I know it is possible to specify sub domains with a wild card inside
the zone files. For example:   "*."  IN  A   123.456.789.012 which will catch
abc.example.com and xyz.example.com.  But in this case it's desirable to treat
example.com and xyz.org the same.   This is not intended to be used for the
general public, just a certain type of internal traffic.
Bob Steele
email: rsteele at 1stlink.net


razvan at ns.rartel.ro wrote:

>         IMHO, you can't. And I don't know what you are trying to achieve
> with that. What queries are to be answered from the "wildcard zone" ?
> All queries not specifically directed to other zones? And so, your server
> will be master for all the domains in the Internet and will serve all info
> from one giant file...
>         I don't see the reason behind this, even if it WOULD be possible.
>         Regards,
>         Razvan
>
> Razvan Bruma
> Unix System Administrator
> email: razvan at rartel.ro
>
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Bob Steele wrote:
>
> >
> > Does anyone know how to specify a wildcard for domains such that if the
> > server is asked for a domain other than what is specifically listed as a
> > zone would get the wildcard zone returned.  For example named.conf would
> > contain:
> >
> >   zone "1stlink.net" IN {
> >         type master;
> >         file "1stlink.net.hosts";
> >   };
> >   zone "*" in {
> >         type master;
> >         file "named.all.others";
> >   };
> >
> > whereas requests for 1stlink.net would resolve using the 1stlink.net.hosts
> > file and any other domains would resolve using the  named.all.others file.
> > Any help or direction would greatly be appreciated.
> > Bob Steele
> > email: rsteele at 1stlink.net
> >
> >
> >
> >