Using wildcard subdomains on your host will redirect *all* traffic (ping, telnet, etc) to whatever you have specified in .htaccess.
And have a nice vacation :) ~ ~ David Sandy wrote: > Thanks for the idea! I try it out when the holidays are over. > > Quick note just before we head out. > > Husband looked into it further. Turns it's worse than I thought. As he > wrote elsewhere: > > <quote> > This goes beyond web traffic. If you use ping, telnet, ftp, ssh or other > internet applications and mis-type the host name, rogers will return a > false result, instead of an invalid host message. > > If I try to ping someserver.mydomain.com, Rogers DNS service returns the > IP address of their search page, claiming that THEIR server is part of > my domain. > </quote> > > Grrrrr. > > This affects all domain owners, and any Rogers Canada customers. I > suspect other ISPs will start to do the same thing. We'll add our voices > to the formal complaints on both fronts. > > Sandy > > > > > > DaveG wrote: >> If you can get your host to setup 'wildcard subdomains' then you can handle >> any request for a subdomain through .htaccess, forwarding to PmWiki, if you >> choose, for a specific error message. >> >> ~ ~ Dave >> >> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:03:03 -0400, Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I just learned that my ISP (Rogers Canada) is replacing the "subdomain >>> not found" message with advertisements. >>> >>> Other ISPs are probably doing the same. >>> >>> (The "domain not found" advertisements at least come with a "domain not >>> found" message.) >>> >>> Is there a way I can give a page of my own choosing rather than the >>> error code the ISP is grabbing? I suspect it can be done with .htaccess >>> , but that's beyond my skills. >>> >>> I already have three subdomains working in a pmwiki farm. With >>> CleanURLs, they show as subdomain.mydomain.ca/Group/Page . >>> >>> We use CPanel. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> Sandy >>> >>> PS If I don't thank you for your reply immediately, it's because >>> tomorrow we leave on vacation. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pmwiki-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users > > > _______________________________________________ > pmwiki-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users > _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
