Sub Domains Legitmacy

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Tue Nov 12 21:06:18 UTC 2002


Chris wrote:

> I Have serverl sub domains off my main domain, example:
> sub.mydomain.com
>
> I need to ftp to these sites so I configure the zone file for ftp as follows:
>
> ftp.sub       IN A  1.2.3.4
>
> so when I ftp i use  http://ftp.sub.mydomin.com
> I get a message saying "cannot locate server, yet I can ping
> ftp.sub.mydoamin.com I am lost....Can anyone add any insight to this
> questions.. I do appreciate it..

If it works for ping, it would appear that DNS is functioning correctly.

Could the web server be redirecting you to a URL you can't resolve?

Are you using a web proxy? Is the proxy able to resolve ftp.sub.mydomain.com?


- Kevin




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