
Hi Skunks. I'm just curious as to how you can use multiple WWW portions of the url to access sites like facebook e.g. http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.w... <http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com/>works the same as: http://www.facebook.com/ but the same doesn't apply to other websites. -- Thanks and Regards, Erick Njenga Nyachwaya, M: +254-725-008-790 <http://www.facebook.com/ErickNjenga> <http://www.twitter.com/ErickNjenga>

URL rewriting ? cause all those are sub domains to the nth level. even www is a sub domain.:-) On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Erick Njenga <eriknjenga@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Skunks. I'm just curious as to how you can use multiple WWW portions of the url to access sites like facebook e.g.
http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.w... <http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com/>works the same as: http://www.facebook.com/ but the same doesn't apply to other websites.
--
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<http://www.facebook.com/ErickNjenga> <http://www.twitter.com/ErickNjenga>
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wildcard dns entry. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:36 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com>wrote:
URL rewriting ? cause all those are sub domains to the nth level. even www is a sub domain.:-)
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Erick Njenga <eriknjenga@gmail.com>wrote:
Hi Skunks. I'm just curious as to how you can use multiple WWW portions of the url to access sites like facebook e.g.
http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.w... <http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com/>works the same as: http://www.facebook.com/ but the same doesn't apply to other websites.
--
Thanks and Regards, Erick Njenga Nyachwaya, M: +254-725-008-790
<http://www.facebook.com/ErickNjenga><http://www.twitter.com/ErickNjenga>
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-- Regards,
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You'll be surprised to hear that a large proportion of webistes still fail at basic URL rewriting (www vs no-www) - a good exemple, try http://eliteken.com/ and would be (fail to understand why) to a Google Calendar page. There are people like me who rarely click on link but prefer copy and paste URL in short version without http:// and www Nonetheless, I don't do URL rewriting for nth level subdomain... [image: TheBigBoss] *TheBigBoss* *Nairobi, Kenya* *Email:* TheBigBoss@peperuka.com [image: Peperuka]<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/Peperuka/%7E6/3> ------------------------------ Suivez-moi: [image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peperuka/278303802985>[image: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/Peperuka> On 28 October 2010 12:46, David Njuguna <dnjuguna@gmail.com> wrote:
wildcard dns entry.
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:36 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com>wrote:
URL rewriting ? cause all those are sub domains to the nth level. even www is a sub domain.:-)
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Erick Njenga <eriknjenga@gmail.com>wrote:
Hi Skunks. I'm just curious as to how you can use multiple WWW portions of the url to access sites like facebook e.g.
http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.w... <http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com/>works the same as: http://www.facebook.com/ but the same doesn't apply to other websites.
--
Thanks and Regards, Erick Njenga Nyachwaya, M: +254-725-008-790
<http://www.facebook.com/ErickNjenga><http://www.twitter.com/ErickNjenga>
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-- Regards,
Collins Areba.
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This is not URL re-writing (which is done as web server level) but dns resource records entry manipulation. If you look at facebook case, we have a cname for to www (which could be automated via generate function in bind, possibly) ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com. 30 IN CNAME www.facebook.com. www.facebook.com. 84 IN A 69.63.190.18 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.185.11 glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.185.86 glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.191.91 glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.179.22 -----Original Message----- From: TheBigBoss <thebigboss@peperuka.com> Reply-to: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Multiple WWW Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:30:07 +0300 You'll be surprised to hear that a large proportion of webistes still fail at basic URL rewriting (www vs no-www) - a good exemple, try http://eliteken.com/ and would be (fail to understand why) to a Google Calendar page. There are people like me who rarely click on link but prefer copy and paste URL in short version without http:// and www Nonetheless, I don't do URL rewriting for nth level subdomain... TheBigBoss TheBigBoss Nairobi, Kenya Email: TheBigBoss@peperuka.com Peperuka ____________________________________ Suivez-moi: FacebookTwitter On 28 October 2010 12:46, David Njuguna <dnjuguna@gmail.com> wrote: wildcard dns entry. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:36 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote: URL rewriting ? cause all those are sub domains to the nth level. even www is a sub domain.:-) On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Erick Njenga <eriknjenga@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Skunks. I'm just curious as to how you can use multiple WWW portions of the url to access sites like facebook e.g. http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.w... works the same as: http://www.facebook.com/ but the same doesn't apply to other websites. -- Thanks and Regards, Erick Njenga Nyachwaya, M: +254-725-008-790 _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke -- Regards, Collins Areba. Strategic Operations. Center for Renewable Alternatives Old Ferry Road, off Msa Malindi Rd, | Kilifi, Kenya. +254 720 516758 /734 696821 | skype/gtalk/twitter: arebacollins _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke

@Eric, please also pick up a book on DNS & BIND and see how you can do just about anything under the sun to a domain name. www is just a record. ./Ok3ch On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Alex Kamiru <nderitualex@gmail.com> wrote:
This is not URL re-writing (which is done as web server level) but dns resource records entry manipulation.
If you look at facebook case, we have a cname for to www (which could be automated via generate function in bind, possibly)
;; QUESTION SECTION: ; www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com. 30 IN CNAME www.facebook.com. www.facebook.com. 84 IN A 69.63.190.18
;; AUTHORITY SECTION: www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.185.11 glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.185.86 glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.191.91 glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.179.22
-----Original Message----- *From*: TheBigBoss <thebigboss@peperuka.com<TheBigBoss%20%3cthebigboss@peperuka.com%3e>
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*Subject*: Re: [Skunkworks] Multiple WWW *Date*: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:30:07 +0300
You'll be surprised to hear that a large proportion of webistes still fail at basic URL rewriting (www vs no-www) - a good exemple, try http://eliteken.com/ and would be (fail to understand why) to a Google Calendar page.
There are people like me who rarely click on link but prefer copy and paste URL in short version without http:// and www
Nonetheless, I don't do URL rewriting for nth level subdomain...
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On 28 October 2010 12:46, David Njuguna <dnjuguna@gmail.com> wrote:
wildcard dns entry.
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:36 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
URL rewriting ?
cause all those are sub domains to the nth level. even www is a sub domain.:-)
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Erick Njenga <eriknjenga@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Skunks. I'm just curious as to how you can use multiple WWW portions of the url to access sites like facebook e.g.
http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.w...
works the same as:
but the same doesn't apply to other websites.
--
Thanks and Regards, Erick Njenga Nyachwaya,
M: +254-725-008-790
<http://www.facebook.com/ErickNjenga><http://www.twitter.com/ErickNjenga>
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-- Regards,
Collins Areba.
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thanks guys. Finally quenched my curiosity. @Okechukwu will definitely do that On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
@Eric, please also pick up a book on DNS & BIND and see how you can do just about anything under the sun to a domain name. www is just a record.
./Ok3ch
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Alex Kamiru <nderitualex@gmail.com>wrote:
This is not URL re-writing (which is done as web server level) but dns resource records entry manipulation.
If you look at facebook case, we have a cname for to www (which could be automated via generate function in bind, possibly)
;; QUESTION SECTION: ; www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com. 30 IN CNAME www.facebook.com. www.facebook.com. 84 IN A 69.63.190.18
;; AUTHORITY SECTION: www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.185.11 glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.185.86 glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.191.91 glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.179.22
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*Subject*: Re: [Skunkworks] Multiple WWW *Date*: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:30:07 +0300
You'll be surprised to hear that a large proportion of webistes still fail at basic URL rewriting (www vs no-www) - a good exemple, try http://eliteken.com/ and would be (fail to understand why) to a Google Calendar page.
There are people like me who rarely click on link but prefer copy and paste URL in short version without http:// and www
Nonetheless, I don't do URL rewriting for nth level subdomain...
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On 28 October 2010 12:46, David Njuguna <dnjuguna@gmail.com> wrote:
wildcard dns entry.
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:36 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
URL rewriting ?
cause all those are sub domains to the nth level. even www is a sub domain.:-)
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Erick Njenga <eriknjenga@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Skunks. I'm just curious as to how you can use multiple WWW portions of the url to access sites like facebook e.g.
http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.w...
works the same as:
but the same doesn't apply to other websites.
--
Thanks and Regards, Erick Njenga Nyachwaya,
M: +254-725-008-790
<http://www.facebook.com/ErickNjenga><http://www.twitter.com/ErickNjenga>
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-- Regards,
Collins Areba.
*Strategic Operations. * *Center for Renewable Alternatives* Old Ferry Road, off Msa Malindi Rd, | Kilifi, Kenya. +254 720 516758 /734 696821 | skype/gtalk/twitter: arebacollins
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Its called an asterisk function in DNS if you play around with it some more you can see that the following also resolves to something :) Mich:~ michuki$ dig there.is.no.noway.www.facebook.com any ; <<>> DiG 9.4.3-P3 <<>> there.is.no.noway.www.facebook.com any ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59615 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 10, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;there.is.no.noway.www.facebook.com. IN ANY ;; ANSWER SECTION: there.is.no.noway.www.facebook.com. 30 IN CNAME www.facebook.com. www.facebook.com. 500 IN SOA glb01.sf2p.tfbnw.net. hostmaster.facebook.com. 2008101826 10800 3600 604800 86400 www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.ams1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.sf2p.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.dfw1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 120 IN A 69.63.189.31 ;; Query time: 628 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) ;; WHEN: Thu Oct 28 13:27:41 2010 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 313 Have a great day. On 10/28/10 1:10 PM, Okechukwu wrote:
@Eric, please also pick up a book on DNS & BIND and see how you can do just about anything under the sun to a domain name. www is just a record.
./Ok3ch
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Alex Kamiru <nderitualex@gmail.com> wrote:
This is not URL re-writing (which is done as web server level) but dns resource records entry manipulation.
If you look at facebook case, we have a cname for to www (which could be automated via generate function in bind, possibly)
;; QUESTION SECTION: ; www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com. 30 IN CNAME www.facebook.com. www.facebook.com. 84 IN A 69.63.190.18
;; AUTHORITY SECTION: www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.185.11 glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.185.86 glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.191.91 glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.179.22
-----Original Message----- *From*: TheBigBoss <thebigboss@peperuka.com<TheBigBoss%20%3cthebigboss@peperuka.com%3e>
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*Subject*: Re: [Skunkworks] Multiple WWW *Date*: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:30:07 +0300
You'll be surprised to hear that a large proportion of webistes still fail at basic URL rewriting (www vs no-www) - a good exemple, try http://eliteken.com/ and would be (fail to understand why) to a Google Calendar page.
There are people like me who rarely click on link but prefer copy and paste URL in short version without http:// and www
Nonetheless, I don't do URL rewriting for nth level subdomain...
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On 28 October 2010 12:46, David Njuguna <dnjuguna@gmail.com> wrote:
wildcard dns entry.
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:36 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
URL rewriting ?
cause all those are sub domains to the nth level. even www is a sub domain.:-)
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Erick Njenga <eriknjenga@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Skunks. I'm just curious as to how you can use multiple WWW portions of the url to access sites like facebook e.g.
http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.w...
works the same as:
but the same doesn't apply to other websites.
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Reminds me of my experimental days of looping a single network plug so as to do all the dns stuff on one computer On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Michuki Mwangi <michuki@swiftkenya.com>wrote:
Its called an asterisk function in DNS if you play around with it some more you can see that the following also resolves to something :)
Mich:~ michuki$ dig there.is.no.noway.www.facebook.com any
; <<>> DiG 9.4.3-P3 <<>> there.is.no.noway.www.facebook.com any ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59615 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 10, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION: ;there.is.no.noway.www.facebook.com. IN ANY
;; ANSWER SECTION: there.is.no.noway.www.facebook.com. 30 IN CNAME www.facebook.com. www.facebook.com. 500 IN SOA glb01.sf2p.tfbnw.net. hostmaster.facebook.com. 2008101826 10800 3600 604800 86400 www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.ams1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.sf2p.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.dfw1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 120 IN A 69.63.189.31
;; Query time: 628 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) ;; WHEN: Thu Oct 28 13:27:41 2010 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 313
Have a great day.
On 10/28/10 1:10 PM, Okechukwu wrote:
@Eric, please also pick up a book on DNS & BIND and see how you can do just about anything under the sun to a domain name. www is just a record.
./Ok3ch
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Alex Kamiru <nderitualex@gmail.com> wrote:
This is not URL re-writing (which is done as web server level) but dns resource records entry manipulation.
If you look at facebook case, we have a cname for to www (which could be automated via generate function in bind, possibly)
;; QUESTION SECTION: ;
www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com .
IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com .
30 IN CNAME www.facebook.com. www.facebook.com. 84 IN A 69.63.190.18
;; AUTHORITY SECTION: www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.185.11 glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.185.86 glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.191.91 glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.179.22
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*Subject*: Re: [Skunkworks] Multiple WWW *Date*: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:30:07 +0300
You'll be surprised to hear that a large proportion of webistes still fail at basic URL rewriting (www vs no-www) - a good exemple, try http://eliteken.com/ and would be (fail to understand why) to a Google Calendar page.
There are people like me who rarely click on link but prefer copy and paste URL in short version without http:// and www
Nonetheless, I don't do URL rewriting for nth level subdomain...
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On 28 October 2010 12:46, David Njuguna <dnjuguna@gmail.com> wrote:
wildcard dns entry.
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:36 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com
wrote:
URL rewriting ?
cause all those are sub domains to the nth level. even www is a sub domain.:-)
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Erick Njenga <eriknjenga@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Skunks. I'm just curious as to how you can use multiple WWW portions of the url to access sites like facebook e.g.
http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.w...
works the same as:
but the same doesn't apply to other websites.
--
Thanks and Regards, Erick Njenga Nyachwaya,
M: +254-725-008-790
http://www.twitter.com/ErickNjenga>
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-- Regards,
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Interesting observation, I've also made another as relates to facebook. register.facebook.com opens in https mode always, that way you get your post data secure and there are NO ADS! cool! On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Frankline Chitwa <frank.chitwa@gmail.com>wrote:
Reminds me of my experimental days of looping a single network plug so as to do all the dns stuff on one computer
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Michuki Mwangi <michuki@swiftkenya.com>wrote:
Its called an asterisk function in DNS if you play around with it some more you can see that the following also resolves to something :)
Mich:~ michuki$ dig there.is.no.noway.www.facebook.com any
; <<>> DiG 9.4.3-P3 <<>> there.is.no.noway.www.facebook.com any ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59615 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 10, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION: ;there.is.no.noway.www.facebook.com. IN ANY
;; ANSWER SECTION: there.is.no.noway.www.facebook.com. 30 IN CNAME www.facebook.com. www.facebook.com. 500 IN SOA glb01.sf2p.tfbnw.net. hostmaster.facebook.com. 2008101826 10800 3600 604800 86400 www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.ams1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.sf2p.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.dfw1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 505 IN NS glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 120 IN A 69.63.189.31
;; Query time: 628 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) ;; WHEN: Thu Oct 28 13:27:41 2010 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 313
Have a great day.
On 10/28/10 1:10 PM, Okechukwu wrote:
@Eric, please also pick up a book on DNS & BIND and see how you can do just about anything under the sun to a domain name. www is just a record.
./Ok3ch
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Alex Kamiru <nderitualex@gmail.com> wrote:
This is not URL re-writing (which is done as web server level) but dns resource records entry manipulation.
If you look at facebook case, we have a cname for to www (which could be automated via generate function in bind, possibly)
;; QUESTION SECTION: ;
www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com .
IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.facebook.com .
30 IN CNAME www.facebook.com. www.facebook.com. 84 IN A 69.63.190.18
;; AUTHORITY SECTION: www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. www.facebook.com. 138 IN NS glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: glb01.ash1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.185.11 glb01.hkg1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.185.86 glb01.lhr1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.191.91 glb01.snc1.tfbnw.net. 4922 IN A 69.63.179.22
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*Subject*: Re: [Skunkworks] Multiple WWW *Date*: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:30:07 +0300
You'll be surprised to hear that a large proportion of webistes still fail at basic URL rewriting (www vs no-www) - a good exemple, try http://eliteken.com/ and would be (fail to understand why) to a Google Calendar page.
There are people like me who rarely click on link but prefer copy and paste URL in short version without http:// and www
Nonetheless, I don't do URL rewriting for nth level subdomain...
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On 28 October 2010 12:46, David Njuguna <dnjuguna@gmail.com> wrote:
wildcard dns entry.
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:36 PM, [ Brainiac ] < arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
URL rewriting ?
cause all those are sub domains to the nth level. even www is a sub domain.:-)
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Erick Njenga <eriknjenga@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi Skunks. I'm just curious as to how you can use multiple WWW portions of the url to access sites like facebook e.g.
http://www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.www.w...
works the same as:
but the same doesn't apply to other websites.
--
Thanks and Regards, Erick Njenga Nyachwaya,
M: +254-725-008-790
http://www.twitter.com/ErickNjenga>
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-- Regards,
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/734
696821 | skype/gtalk/twitter: arebacollins
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