Basic setup problem

[David Botham]

Danny Mayer <mayer at gis.net> wrote on 11/22/2004 08:32:21 PM:
> At 04:51 PM 11/22/2004, David Botham wrote:
> >bind-users-bounce at isc.org wrote on 11/22/2004 02:12:05 PM:
> >[clip...]
> > > >Having never set up my own domain name on my own box, what happened
> > > >with the above setup is that anyone typing http://www.example.org 
into
> > > >their browser would end up at my site; however, the address bar of
> > > >their browser would now read http://0.0.0.0 instead of
> > > >http://www.example.org.
> > > >
> >DNS does not control this behavior, it is controlled by the 'title' 
html
> >tags:
> >
> ><TITLE> www.example.org </TITLE>
> 
> That is totally untrue. The Title tag has to do with what is displayed 
in the
> title bar. It has nothing whatsoever to do with his problem.

Thanks Danny.  I stand corrected.

dave...

> 
> The 0.0.0.0 address is NOT a static address, it's the wildcard address.
> You may not use it for a static address. the host line in the HTTP
> protocol is used to send the actual hostname being requested. Most
> HTTP servers today can be set up as virtual servers and use different
> hierarchies dependent on the name in the host line. Read your
> documentation on your HTTP server for details.
> 
> Danny
>