Resolving domain.com to a host?

[Len Conrad]

>This may seem odd, but I have seen other sites resolve just a domain name
>to a given host.  This enables you to put http://kites.org in your web
>browser as opposed to http://www.kites.org.  What is the secrete to doing
>this?  I am sure it is some sort of catch all CNAME but nothing that I have
>tried has worked.

FAQ

1. in DNS

www.kites.org  A ip.ad.re.ss
kites.org      A ip.ad.re.ss  ; same as preceding A

This will route browsers to the ip address. DNS can do no more.

2. In the web server, you have to set up a named-based website that answers 
at that ip.ad.re.ss to one of the two hostnames above as the default 
hostname, and to the other(s) as alias of the default.

Len


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