 | View Full Version : DNS wild card..... sodapopinski 08-09-2002, 02:38 AM I was wondering what's the disadvantage if we set DNS wild card to an account? Just curious since I just knew that free DNS management granitecanyon does not allow their user set it. shaunewing 08-09-2002, 04:01 AM I can't really think of any disadvantages - other than that if you are using something other than IP based hosting; if people visit a wildcard address they may get an error message (or worse; somebody elses site). --Shaun Ahmad 08-09-2002, 12:16 PM Originally posted by shaunewing .. if people visit a wildcard address they may get an error message (or worse; somebody elses site). .. Unless, of course, Apache is setup to handle wildcard dns. I believe this is done by adding this line to the VirtualHost: Host *.domain.tld Starhost 08-09-2002, 01:10 PM You mean: ServerAlias *.domain.tld apollo 08-09-2002, 03:54 PM There ARE DISADVANTAGES! People who hate you or you competitors may submit to search engine urls you DONT want to be indexed. we-suck.yourcompany.com scam.yourcompany.com and others... and search engines may index them and display to search engine users... VERY BAD! VERY BAD! |