Hello Richard:
On Thu, 03 May 2001 08:16:44 +0200 (CEST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard
Menedetter) wrote:
> Hi
> 02 May 2001, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> SH> Questions: What would happen if I were to set up this web server in
> SH> my machine in such a way that it would have the same web address as
> SH> somebody else's website?
> nothing
> as long as the domainname doesn't deliver YOUR IP you can set up what you
> want, and nobody will notie.
> Eg you setup ricsi.priv.at
> If somebody types this in his browser, the browser will ask the DNS Server
> for the IP, and it will get MY IP.
> Therefor it will ask MY httpd for the webpage.
> SH> How would I know if the web address I should provide for it in my own
> SH> setup would be unique?
> either I have completely misunderstood you, or ... :)
What I meant is this: I have to give a name to my web server. How do I
know that I have given it a unique name? Also, what is there to prevent
you from giving your web server the same name as mine? What is there to
prevent us from representing our servers as being a server that belongs to
somebody else?
> SH> Is there any mechanism whereby only I and nobody else can use "my"
> SH> website address as the address for "my" server?.
> DNS
> SH> Do I have to register or copyright my server address with some
> SH> recognized authority somewhere?
> yes ... and additionally you have to pay for it :)
> Otherwise you could simply setup microsoft.com and everybody comes to your
> site :)
As I understand the system, the person you pay sets up the mechanism that
will allow only your registered server to be fetched when somebody types
its name into his browser. How did this Master Of All Domains, whoever he
is, ever achieve such power to control the internet? Doesn't he ever
have power struggles with others who might want to take over? Who is this
guy and why does everyone who pays tribute unto him trust in his protection?
> SH> If you were accessing "my" server, how would you know for certain
> SH> that it is indeed "my" server, and not one belonging to some imposter
> SH> claiming to be I?
> You can't be sure ... DNS is not absolutely immune to such attacks.
> SH> I hope someone has some very simple and straight answers.
> you have to buy a domain. (eg heywood.org)
> Than you need 2 nameservers serving it. (you tell them your IP and they
> tell others :)
> Now if somebody enters heywood.org into his browser, than he is sent to
> your computer.
> If you have a dynamic address (eg changing and not static) you can use a
> 'dynamic DNS' Service. (eg http://www.dhs.org and search for dyndns)
I do have a dynamic address. I get an IP number automatically assigned by
my ISP each time I log in. Can I just set up my web server to have the
web address that is the same as %MYIP%? If this were the case, then nobody
would know how to access my web-server unless there were some way for him
to know whatever my ip number is during any given session.
If my questions seem to you to be very stupid ones, that is because
I haven't yet done any research on this business of buying and selling
domain names. Furthermore I don't even have any idea as to where would be
a good starting point to look into the matter.
Regards,
Sam Heywood
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