RE: DNS NAMES

[micael]

There is much that could be said, if we decide to talk precisely. A URL, for example, is quite different than a URI, etc. But, that would take us beyond the confines of tomcat-user. That is unfortunate, because this is an interesting conversation. Too often these discussions are not precise, and ill-educate newbies like myself.

At 11:18 AM 12/4/2002 -0500, you wrote:

True, but there are many services out there that provide DNS-based URL
forwarding, where some.url.com can be forwarded to
some.other-url.com/file.html.  So, technically, it *is* possible to "set up
DNS for http://www.test.com/test/test.htm"; but doing so requires a special
service that supersedes DNS, a URL forwarding service.  Such special
services typically require a fee.

DNS in and of itself cannot resolve URLs that have filenames in them.

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: micael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 11:08 AM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: RE: DNS NAMES
>
>
> You need to understand that http://www.test.com/test/test.htm
> is a compound
> name, meaning that it covers differing naming
> systems/applications.  test.com comes from the the internet
> naming strategy
> and is read, as a tree structure, from right to left.
> However, the file
> test/test.htm comes from a file naming strategy and is read,
> as a tree
> structure, from left to right.  You, essentially, are trying
> to combine two
> disparate but cooperative naming systems.
>
> Micael
>
> At 08:45 AM 12/4/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >No, it is not possible.  "www.test.com" is a hostname, equal to an IP
> >address.  "/final" can never work in DNS, "/" is an illegal hostname
> >character.
> >
> >Since this is completely off topic, you should RTFM on the
> Internet Domain
> >Name System, then come back with a Tomcat question.
> >
> >John
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Laxmikanth M.S. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 6:08 AM
> > > To: Tomcat Users List
> > > Subject: RE: DNS NAMES
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Noel,
> > > I want to create a DNS name itself like that....is it
> possible.....
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From:       Noel J. Bergman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent:       Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:28 PM
> > > > To: Tomcat Users List
> > > > Subject:    RE: DNS NAMES
> > > >
> > > > > Is it possible to create a DNS Name like "www.test.com/final".
> > > >
> > > > The DNS name is www.test.com.  The /final is not part of
> > > the DNS.  The
> > > > www,
> > > > by convention only, implies a protocol of HTTP and a port
> > > of 80.  But if
> > > > you
> > > > are unfamilar with the Domain Name System, that is probably
> > > just going to
> > > > confuse you.
> > > >
> > > > see also: http://www.dns.net/dnsrd/rfc/
> > > >
> > > >     --- Noel
> > > >
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