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amirk999
10-15-2003, 06:28 PM
Does GoDaddy allow wildcard DNS?

Bashar
10-15-2003, 07:02 PM
do they offer free dns hosting with every domain?

amirk999
10-15-2003, 07:04 PM
they host DNS for you, if you use their's, you will get a This is Parked FREE from GoDaddy. I just want to offer redirection service, but not sure if my domain supports it.

Bashar
10-15-2003, 07:06 PM
of their new service is free

i just tried to use * as record and seems it doesn't work

LightWeb
10-16-2003, 12:10 AM
Godaddy's DNS also doesn't have MXEasy mail record, but I am sure glad they took the big step forward with free DNS service.

Gerrit
10-22-2003, 10:04 AM
what is Wildcard DNS exactly ? :s

chicago
10-22-2003, 11:10 AM
Wildcard DNS means that anything.yourdomain.com resolves (usually, to the same site as www.yourdomain.com).

Bashar
10-23-2003, 09:28 PM
something like http://www.bigz.net http://asdsadsadsa.bigz.net http://whateeverGerritwants.bigz.net http://lalalololelebalashakalala.bigz.net :D

Vladimir S.
10-23-2003, 11:57 PM
wildcard is is "*", for ex.:
* in A 127.0.0.1

Bashar
10-25-2003, 01:06 PM
yeah thats *.bigz.net. in A 123.123.123.123

amirk999
10-25-2003, 05:10 PM
so any know any .CA registrars that support this function?

chicago
10-25-2003, 05:22 PM
Originally posted by amirk999
so any know any .CA registrars that support this function? This is a DNS function, not a domain registration. A registrar might provide wildcard DNS as part of DNS services bundled with a domain name registration, but normally you'll get your DNS elsewhere.

Bashar
10-26-2003, 11:29 AM
Originally posted by amirk999
so any know any .CA registrars that support this function?
enom dns feature offer it.

Vladimir S.
10-26-2003, 11:38 AM
You can use external dns service like www.zoneedit.com