How to redirect special query to internal server ?

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Thu May 20 21:06:30 UTC 2004


P.A. wrote:

>Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote in message news:<c8dqn3$2dfc$1 at sf1.isc.org>...
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>>P.A. wrote:
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>>>What I would like is to route all: w3.*.* querys to an internal HTTP
>>>server used to develop clients web sites.
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>>No, DNS wildcards don't work "up" the hierarchy, i.e. to the right-hand 
>>side of a normally-represented DNS name. They only work "down" the 
>>hierarchy, i.e. leftwards, and even then, are subject to various 
>>restrictions and quirks.
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>>                                                                         
>>                                    - Kevin
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>  Should it be posible a solution using a proxy on the local machine ?
> Any idea of a ready-made app ?
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If you're going to use a proxy, why not use a centralized proxy and thus 
benefit from a shared web cache?

We're getting a little bit offtopic now...

                                                                         
                                 - Kevin





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