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Re: [Aspdns-users] ASP Pages with MX & NS Records

[Michael O. <Mic...@it...>]

Hi Gsa

I have checked the ViewZone and there you can't get the NS og MX
records.

ManageServer.getSOA
How does it work?


Zone.NS1 & NS2 can't I get to work. In the eventlog there is an error
regarding ZoneEnumsrecords.


Whenn is the next release?


Thanks=20
Michael

Re: [Aspdns-users] ASP Pages with MX & NS Records

[G.S.Aielli <giu...@ai...>]

Current version of ASPDNS has some limitations, most of whom are in the MX
manipulation.
Please check the manual for:

ManageServer.ViewZone (and parse the response)

or (undocumented)

ManageServer.GetSOA

Also check:

Zone.NS1  (& NS2).

Greetings,
gsa


----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Olsen
To: asp...@li...
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: [Aspdns-users] ASP Pages with MX & NS Records


Hi

The ASP test pages I maid is working fine, but  I can't get the MX record or
NS record?

ManageServer.ZoneEnumRecords(Zone, ,vRet) returns only hosts and not the MX
or NS records.

Can anybody help me?

Thanks
Mike

Re: [Aspdns-users] Can't get ASP pages to work

[G.S.Aielli <giu...@ai...>]

PLEASE DON'T WRITE DIRECTLY TO ME. Write to the list instead :)))
Let's make something useful for everyone. TNX


> I tried that code and got:
> -----------------------------------
> ASP Dns Installation Test - Testing with COM
> DNS info: True
>
>
> Try to add a primary zone acme.com: False
>
>
> Try to add a host www: False
>
>
> Try to add a mailer mail: False

** Check permission: the identity under which the COM+ service runs has to
be
** in the administrator or dns admin group (or equivalent).

>
> -----------------------------------
> But after I added a real name that already existed on the server I
> got back actual info:
> -----------------------------------
> Try to view zone data:
> Zone query result:
> Zone info:
> ptr              = 000751C8
> zone name        = walczakweb.com
> zone type        = 2
> update           = 0
> DS intergrated   = 0
> data file        = walczakweb.com.dns
> using WINS       = 0
> using Nbstat     = 0
> aging            = 0
>   refresh interval   = 0
>   no refresh         = 0
>   scavenge available = 3515742
> Zones Masters
> Master Count = 1
>
> Master[0] => 63.170.62.240
>
> Zone Secondaries
> NULL IP Array.
>
> secure secs  = 3
> Command completed successfully.

** This usually means the COM+ user has only read permissions over DNS
services.


> Am I just not doing the code right?  I just want to be able to figure
> out how to add a zone and then I can hopefully take it from there and
> maybe make an asp form that will allow me to simply add new domains
> to a dns server.
>
> Any other sample codes you might have or that others have that I can
> look at.  Or has anyone developed a set of asp scripts that interface
> with this component?

** The ASPDNS manual has plenty of simple examples. E.g.
Example (VBScript)
Dim oMan, vRes
Set oMan = CreateObject("ASPDns.ManageServer")
Response.Write oMan.PrimaryZone("acme.com", "dns.foo.com", "dns2.foo.com")


>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Lech
>
>

[Aspdns-users] ASP Pages with MX & NS Records

[Michael O. <Mic...@it...>]

Hi=20
=20
The ASP test pages I maid is working fine, but  I can't get the MX
record or NS record?
=20
ManageServer.ZoneEnumRecords(Zone, ,vRet) returns only hosts and not the
MX or NS records.
=20
Can anybody help me?
=20
Thanks
Mike
=20

[Aspdns-users] Can't get ASP pages to work

[<as...@ca...>]

Hi,

I am trying to get an asp page to work.

is this all I should put:

<%
Dim oMan, vRes  
Set oMan = CreateObject("ASPDns.ManageServer") 
oMan.PrimaryZone("acme.com", "dns.foo.com", "dns2.foo.com") 
%>

or did I not configure permissions correctly.  Can someone help me in
doing so and if anyone has a copy of some ASP scripts they wrote that
would be cool too.

Thanks

Lech

[Aspdns-users] aspdns still wont run

[Ryan O'C. <roc...@th...>]

Hello,

Thanks for the quick response. I'm assuming that you meant to move=
 dnscmd.exe into the c:\winnt\system32 directory. I couldn't find a win32=
 directory on my machine. After moving the dnscmd.exe I'm still having the=
 same problems. Anything else I should try?

Thanks again,
Ryan O'Connor

Re: [Aspdns-users] Help with ASPDNS

[Giuseppe S. A. <giu...@ai...>]

Copy dnscmd.exe to win32 folder. ASPDNS gives many error messages (if it
starts). I believe it doesn't, in your case;. also to shut down the
component use Component Service, not just IIS manager.

Let us know if it solves.
gsa

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan O'Connor" <roc...@th...>
To: <asp...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 9:35 PM
Subject: [Aspdns-users] Help with ASPDNS


Hello,

I'm having some problems with your ASPDNS product that I'm hoping you can
help me with. I'm running a Windows 2000 server with service pack 2. I ran
the setup from the ASPDNS installation, extracted dnscmd.exe from the 2000
CD and put it in the directory that ASPDNS installed into, I downloaded and
installed the latest vb runtime stuff, i downloaded and registered
comct332.ocx (because i was having problems running dnsexplorer), and I
setup ASPDNS using component services.

In dnsexplorer when I click on the left pane on Local DNS Server the whole
app just locks up so that when I try to click on anything else in the
dnsexplorer window I get an error saying that "this action cannot be
completed becaue the other application is busy.". This will keep happening
until I use task manager to force the application to quit.

Also when I try to use ASPDNS in an asp page the same kind of thing happens.
If I create a page to just create the ManageServer object like this:

Dim objDNSManager
Set objDNSManager = Server.CreateObject("AspDNS.ManageServer")

everything seems OK. If I go a step futher and add this to the above code:

objDNSManager.GetDNSInfo("ns.thehudson.com", txtRes)

The page just hangs. It also takes the WWW publishing service down as well.
I can't stop or restart the service. The only way to get everything back is
to restart the entire server.

Any ideas? Your product looks GREAT. It would be very usefull to me if I
could just get it working. Thank you for any help you can give.

Ryan O'Connor

[Aspdns-users] Help with ASPDNS

[Ryan O'C. <roc...@th...>]

Hello,

I'm having some problems with your ASPDNS product that I'm hoping you can=
 help me with. I'm running a Windows 2000 server with service pack 2. I ran=
 the setup from the ASPDNS installation, extracted dnscmd.exe from the 2000=
 CD and put it in the directory that ASPDNS installed into, I downloaded=
 and installed the latest vb runtime stuff, i downloaded and registered=
 comct332.ocx (because i was having problems running dnsexplorer), and I=
 setup ASPDNS using component services.

In dnsexplorer when I click on the left pane on Local DNS Server the whole=
 app just locks up so that when I try to click on anything else in the=
 dnsexplorer window I get an error saying that "this action cannot be=
 completed becaue the other application is busy.". This will keep happening=
 until I use task manager to force the application to quit.

Also when I try to use ASPDNS in an asp page the same kind of thing=
 happens. If I create a page to just create the ManageServer object like=
 this:

Dim objDNSManager
Set objDNSManager =3D Server.CreateObject("AspDNS.ManageServer")

everything seems OK. If I go a step futher and add this to the above code:

objDNSManager.GetDNSInfo("ns.thehudson.com", txtRes)

The page just hangs. It also takes the WWW publishing service down as well.=
 I can't stop or restart the service. The only way to get everything back=
 is to restart the entire server.

Any ideas? Your product looks GREAT. It would be very usefull to me if I=
 could just get it working. Thank you for any help you can give.

Ryan O'Connor

Re: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution

[Giuseppe S. A. <giu...@ai...>]

Hi,
I'll try to answer even if, I have to admit, there's something I don't
understand and something I don't know.

Greetings,
gsa


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom" <to...@im...>
To: <asp...@li...>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 5:44 PM
Subject: RE: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution


> Hi Giuseppe,
>
> Thank you very much for your time.
>
> I will try to formulate my question in anothter way:
> Suppose that a user enters user4.website.com.
> A computer is located for the domain but not for the FQDN (the host is in
> fact nowhere defined).
** If there is no DNS which says that user4.website.com ha IP xx.yy.zz.ww,
then
** the request will never arrive to the webserver for processing.

> The default page of www.website.com (and not the "general redirect purpose
> site") will do the redirect.
> So you could say that www.website.com catches all urls with the domain
> "website.com" irrelevant of the host.
>
> The solution would require some kind of "catch all" binding with the
website
> as oppossed to an empty HHN which is only allowed once.
** I don't know of this. Perhaps it is possible to have wildcard hostname
** but I don't know how.

>
> Generalizing this idea why can't the 1 website with no HHN catch all the
> requests for the domains on this computer which weren't valid FQDN.
>
> So Giuseppe.website.com would work without adding you to the domain
> "website.com". The request would go to the "general redirect purpose site"
> on the computer with this domain which does a redirect to
> www.website.com?member?id=giuseppe for example
>
> This would require no DNS administation at all!!
** Without wildcard host it is not possible. By the way ASPDNS was made just
to
** make easier some operation like this.

>
> In facht, I am intrested where the browser takes you when you type
> userx.website.com where userx is not a valid host.
> Does it get lost in cyberspace? Can the domain owner intercept such a
> request?
**Cannot find server or DNS Error

>
>
> I have the following quetion about ASPdns :
> Why does the folling work :
> oMan.AddAlias "website.com", "user1", "www", , vRes
> resulting in an alias to www.webiste.com
>
> And not :
> oMan.AddAlias "website.com", "user1", "www.generalredirctsite.com.", ,
vRes
> (als tested without trailing ."
> (Hostname error or Zone name syntax error or IP address error)

** This is a bug. Please submit it to sourceforge site, not in the list.

>
> In the MMC it is possible to create such an alias.
> This would make the construction not dependant on the FQDN www.website.com
> but on the FQDN www.generalredirectsite.com which, if you apply this
> construction to multiple solution  , would require less maintenance if
> changes must be made.

>
>
> Greetings,
> Tom
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asp...@li...
> [mailto:asp...@li...]On Behalf Of Giuseppe
> Simone Aielli
> Sent: vrijdag 5 oktober 2001 16:14
> To: Tom
> Cc: asp...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution
>
>
> Hi,
> try to see if a file like the one included can help you. It's something I
> made some time ago, and I don't know if it works or not, but it's
something
> you can study to solve your problem. It's based on an Access database,
which
> you can easily recreate.
>
> > - Statement : It is not possible to have a "website" wich intercpets all
> > request for a *specific* domain. A binding which ignores the sub domain
in
> > effect. for example : user1.webiste.com and xerezrser goes to
webiste.com
> where
> > user1 or 'xerezrzer' is nowhere defined.
> > (the "general  redirect purpose website" is actualy nicer because it
> > centralises code!)
> Excuse me but I cannot understand this.
>
> > - Question about terminology :
> > given abs.website.com :
> >
> > website.com is a domain
> OK
> > abs.website.com is a subdomain
> NO it is a simple hostaname (fully qualified, or so called FQDN). When it
> goes to a web server it becomes a HOST HEADER NAME. It is a field in the
> HTTP request from the browser.
>
> > abs is a host header
> NO it's a host(name), whitout a domain. For this reason it is valid only
> within a LAN, not a WAN like Internet.
>
> Bye,
> gsa
>
>
> Default.asp for the general purpose redirect site (needs a database with a
> tblRedirs table):
>
> <% If LCase(Trim(Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME"))) =
> "redirect.e-drome.net" Then 'browse the site%>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd">
> <html LANG="en">
> <head>
>  <title>Free redirection of internet addresses!</title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <table border="0" width="100%">
>   <tr>
>     <td width="20%" valign="top"><!--#Include file="menu.inc"-->
>     </td>
>     <td width="80%" valign="top">
>     <h3>Free redirection of internet addresses!</h3>
>
>  <p>From <EM>url-a</EM> to <EM>url-b</EM> with no advertisig or banner
> anymore! Keep your address showing in the
>  address bar of the navigator while browsing pages on your real site. No
> matter about url-a or
>  url-b and where they are! And it's free!
>  </p>
>
>  <p>Expecially useful for those who own a domain name
>       but want to use their existing web site or provider and extremely
> simple to use or modify.
>  </p>
>
>  <P>Want to try? Roll over the next link and look the address in the
status
> bar. Then Click
>  <A href="http://test.e-drome.net"> the link</A> and see what happens. At
> the end navigate
>  in the Microsoft site and take a look at the address-bar of the
> browser.</P>
>
>  <P>Another example: <A href="http://redir.e-drome.net"> the MSDN
> site</A>!</P>
>
>     <P>Still don't have a domain name? Try for free at <A
> href="http://www.e-drome.net">
>     www.e-drome.net</A>!</P>
>
>  <p align="center"><IMG height=66 src="images/edrome295x66.gif"
> width=176></p>
>    </td>
>   </tr>
> </table>
> </body></html>
> <% Else 'it is the engine
>   Dim oConn, vFrom, vPwd, vSQL
>   vFrom = Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
>   Set oConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
>   oConn.Open Application("DATABASE")
>   Dim rsRedirs
>   Set rsRedirs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
>   vSQL = "Select * From tblRedirs WHERE URLFrom='" & vFrom & "' "
>   rsRedirs.Open vSQL, oConn
>   If Not rsRedirs.EOF Then %>
> <HTML><HEAD><title><%=NewTitle%></title></HEAD>
> <frameset rows="1,*" framespacing="0" border="0" frameborder="0">
>   <frame name="intestazione" scrolling="no" noresize target="topzone">
>   <frame name="topzone" src="<%=NewAddress%>" marginwidth="1"
> marginheight="1" scrolling="auto">
>   <noframes><BODY></body></noframes>
> </frameset></html>
>  <% Else
>    'if you don't find a valid address to replace...
>    Server.Execute "parkedtext.htm"
>   End If
> End If
> Function NewTitle() 'search the database and find out the title
> corresponding to the SERVER_NAME variable of the IIS request
>  NewTitle = rsRedirs("Title")
> End Function
> Function NewAddress() 'search the database and find out the redirect
address
> corresponding to the SERVER_NAME variable of the IIS request
>  If LCase(Left(rsRedirs("URLTo"), 4)) = "http" Then
>   NewAddress = rsRedirs("URLTo")
>  Else
>   NewAddress = "http://" & rsRedirs("URLTo")
>  End If
> End Function %>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom" <to...@im...>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:27 AM
> Subject: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution
>
>
> > Hi Giuseppe,
> >
> > I managed to build a solution after my original post which includes the
> idea
> > of a redirecting asp page.
> > I placed the asp script (found at the bottom of this post) in the
default
> > file of the default website.
> >
> > Because I didn't want to bind the host (user1 for expaple) to a specific
> > website ("poluting the IIS metabase").
> > I was forced to use the default website because I thought this was the
> > *only* site that intercpets hosts with no bindings.
> >
> > I would also like to note that this worked only at the office and not
from
> > an external location rendring te solution worthless. I suppose this is a
> > security setting with us at the office.
> >
> > I think that you are suggesting the following:
> > Stop the default website and create a "general redirect purpose website"
> > which is the only one with no HHN bindings which takes appropriates
action
> > for incoming requests depending on domain name and subdomain.
> >
> > Some other questions if you have the patience (I'm a newbie to this)
> >
> > - Statement : It is not possible to have a "website" wich intercpets all
> > request for a *specific* domain. A binding which ignores the sub domain
in
> > effect.
> > for example : user1.webiste.com and xerezrser goes to webiste.com where
> > user1 or 'xerezrzer' is nowhere defined.
> > (the "general  redirect purpose website" is actualy nicer because it
> > centralises code!)
> >
> > - Question about terminology :
> > given abs.website.com :
> >
> > website.com is a domain
> > abs.website.com is a subdomain as well as a Host Header Domain
> > abs is a host header
> >
> > Is this correct ??
> >
> >
> > Thanks very much!
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > <%
> >
>
'***************************************************************************
> > ********************************
> > dim pos
> >
> > dim script
> > script = UCASE(request.servervariables("SCRIPT_NAME"))
> >
> > dim domain
> > domain = UCASE(request.servervariables("SERVER_NAME"))
> >
> > dim zone
> > pos = InStr(domain,".")
> > zone = UCASE(right(domain,LEN(domain)-pos))
> >
> > dim host
> > host = UCASE(left(domain,pos-1))
> >
> > dim QS
> > QS = UCASE(request.querystring)
> >
>
'***************************************************************************
> > ********************************
> > %>
> >
> > <%
> >
>
'***************************************************************************
> > ********************************
> > SELECT CASE zone
> >
> > case "THEMEPARKVISION.NET" :
> > response.redirect
> > "http://www.themeparkvision.net/NL/Member/default.asp?Login=" & host
> >
> > END SELECT
> >
>
'***************************************************************************
> > ********************************
> > %>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asp...@li...
> > [mailto:asp...@li...]On Behalf Of Giuseppe
> > Simone Aielli
> > Sent: donderdag 4 oktober 2001 18:49
> > To: Tom
> > Cc: asp...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > the solution is very simple. First you need to create hostname (or
cname)
> > type records in your DNS. This can be easily done with ASPDNS, from a
web
> > page directly by your visitors.
> >
> > DNS maps only a computername with IP address, so user1.domain.com will
map
> > your computer(s) IP(s), BUT when the request arrives to the web server
> (IIS
> > 5 in the case), it will be only processed by the (virtual) web server
who
> > has an appropriate or empty HOST HEADER NAME.
> >
> > You can find the HHNs of a web server under the Web Site page clicking
on
> > Advanced on the web site's Properties.
> >
> > But remember:
> > 1. there can be only one virtual server with an empty HHN;
> > 2. leaving the Default web site running if the first source for hackers
to
> > exploit your server - I absolutely recommend not to do so; also do not
> > delete it, or IIS will recreate a similar site the first time you
attempt
> to
> > make a web site - just leave it stopped;
> > 3. empty HHN has special meaning in IIS, it means "every host header
name"
> > not specified elsewhere.
> >
> > So you don't need ADSI to create confusion in you IIS metabase, but only
a
> > single ASP pages who "reads" the HHS requested by the client, searches a
> > database (or text file, XML,...) and makes a redirect or some action.
> >
> > Regarding your last question, ManageServer uses RPC and is able to
manage
> a
> > computer's DNS using only a pure TCP connection between machines. But
the
> > impersonated user from the controlling machine HAS to have an account on
> the
> > controlled server with privileges enough to change DNS records (at least
> DNS
> > admin rights).
> >
> > Even if there are very few people on this list already, there are more
> than
> > 3.000 downloads for ASDPN files only on Sourceforge, and I'm in touch
with
> > guys who run ASPDNS in various production environments, including server
> > farms with multiple DNS controlled from one or more IISs.
> >
> > Regards,
> > gsa
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom" <to...@im...>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:55 PM
> > Subject: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution
> >
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I promised a while back to my website visitors that they would get a
> > persnal
> > > url from the website.
> > > So user1 would get user1.website.com and user2 would get
> > user2.website.com.
> > >
> > > Now its time to make this happen but i dont see a clear solution.
> > >
> > > At first i thought that pure DNS manupulation was the answer but, now,
I
> > see
> > > this is nut the case. Having very little experience with DSN i thought
> > that
> > > an alias operated in the way that if you alias"user1" to "www" the url
> > > user.website.com would go to www.website.com where the default file
> could
> > > take appropriate action.
> > > I tried it but it didn't work.
> > >
> > > The alias user1.website.com goes to the root of my website because
there
> > is
> > > no binding between the websitefolder and the host (I am using IIS 5).
> > > I think this can be done by using the ADSI/Active directorty API so
this
> > > seems no problem.
> > >
> > >
> > > My question to you guys are:
> > >
> > > 1. Is this the simplest solution (I have heared of an MX record, a
sort
> of
> > > catch all record, but my mental model of DNS is too limited to make
this
> > > part
> > > of a solution. Feedback is much appriciated.
> > >
> > > 2. The asp script which does the administration runs an computer1
where
> > the
> > > ADSI stuff will take place. The DNS server (over wich I have "total"
> > > control) is
> > > located on computer2 whish I must approach via the internet. I see
from
> > the
> > > syntax that ManageServer cann do this with RPC. Has anybody tried this
> in
> > a
> > > production environment?
> > >
> > > Many thanks,
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
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RE: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution

[Tom <to...@im...>]

Hi Giuseppe,

Thank you very much for your time.

I will try to formulate my question in anothter way:
Suppose that a user enters user4.website.com.
A computer is located for the domain but not for the FQDN (the host is in
fact nowhere defined).
The default page of www.website.com (and not the "general redirect purpose
site") will do the redirect.
So you could say that www.website.com catches all urls with the domain
"website.com" irrelevant of the host.

The solution would require some kind of "catch all" binding with the website
as oppossed to an empty HHN which is only allowed once.

Generalizing this idea why can't the 1 website with no HHN catch all the
requests for the domains on this computer which weren't valid FQDN.

So Giuseppe.website.com would work without adding you to the domain
"website.com". The request would go to the "general redirect purpose site"
on the computer with this domain which does a redirect to
www.website.com?member?id=giuseppe for example

This would require no DNS administation at all!!

In facht, I am intrested where the browser takes you when you type
userx.website.com where userx is not a valid host.
Does it get lost in cyberspace? Can the domain owner intercept such a
request?


I have the following quetion about ASPdns :
Why does the folling work :
oMan.AddAlias "website.com", "user1", "www", , vRes
resulting in an alias to www.webiste.com

And not :
oMan.AddAlias "website.com", "user1", "www.generalredirctsite.com.", , vRes
(als tested without trailing ."
(Hostname error or Zone name syntax error or IP address error)

In the MMC it is possible to create such an alias.
This would make the construction not dependant on the FQDN www.website.com
but on the FQDN www.generalredirectsite.com which, if you apply this
construction to multiple solution  , would require less maintenance if
changes must be made.


	Greetings,
		Tom


-----Original Message-----
From: asp...@li...
[mailto:asp...@li...]On Behalf Of Giuseppe
Simone Aielli
Sent: vrijdag 5 oktober 2001 16:14
To: Tom
Cc: asp...@li...
Subject: Re: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution


Hi,
try to see if a file like the one included can help you. It's something I
made some time ago, and I don't know if it works or not, but it's something
you can study to solve your problem. It's based on an Access database, which
you can easily recreate.

> - Statement : It is not possible to have a "website" wich intercpets all
> request for a *specific* domain. A binding which ignores the sub domain in
> effect. for example : user1.webiste.com and xerezrser goes to webiste.com
where
> user1 or 'xerezrzer' is nowhere defined.
> (the "general  redirect purpose website" is actualy nicer because it
> centralises code!)
Excuse me but I cannot understand this.

> - Question about terminology :
> given abs.website.com :
>
> website.com is a domain
OK
> abs.website.com is a subdomain
NO it is a simple hostaname (fully qualified, or so called FQDN). When it
goes to a web server it becomes a HOST HEADER NAME. It is a field in the
HTTP request from the browser.

> abs is a host header
NO it's a host(name), whitout a domain. For this reason it is valid only
within a LAN, not a WAN like Internet.

Bye,
gsa


Default.asp for the general purpose redirect site (needs a database with a
tblRedirs table):

<% If LCase(Trim(Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME"))) =
"redirect.e-drome.net" Then 'browse the site%>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd">
<html LANG="en">
<head>
 <title>Free redirection of internet addresses!</title>
</head>
<body>
<table border="0" width="100%">
  <tr>
    <td width="20%" valign="top"><!--#Include file="menu.inc"-->
    </td>
    <td width="80%" valign="top">
    <h3>Free redirection of internet addresses!</h3>

 <p>From <EM>url-a</EM> to <EM>url-b</EM> with no advertisig or banner
anymore! Keep your address showing in the
 address bar of the navigator while browsing pages on your real site. No
matter about url-a or
 url-b and where they are! And it's free!
 </p>

 <p>Expecially useful for those who own a domain name
      but want to use their existing web site or provider and extremely
simple to use or modify.
 </p>

 <P>Want to try? Roll over the next link and look the address in the status
bar. Then Click
 <A href="http://test.e-drome.net"> the link</A> and see what happens. At
the end navigate
 in the Microsoft site and take a look at the address-bar of the
browser.</P>

 <P>Another example: <A href="http://redir.e-drome.net"> the MSDN
site</A>!</P>

    <P>Still don't have a domain name? Try for free at <A
href="http://www.e-drome.net">
    www.e-drome.net</A>!</P>

 <p align="center"><IMG height=66 src="images/edrome295x66.gif"
width=176></p>
   </td>
  </tr>
</table>
</body></html>
<% Else 'it is the engine
  Dim oConn, vFrom, vPwd, vSQL
  vFrom = Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
  Set oConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
  oConn.Open Application("DATABASE")
  Dim rsRedirs
  Set rsRedirs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
  vSQL = "Select * From tblRedirs WHERE URLFrom='" & vFrom & "' "
  rsRedirs.Open vSQL, oConn
  If Not rsRedirs.EOF Then %>
<HTML><HEAD><title><%=NewTitle%></title></HEAD>
<frameset rows="1,*" framespacing="0" border="0" frameborder="0">
  <frame name="intestazione" scrolling="no" noresize target="topzone">
  <frame name="topzone" src="<%=NewAddress%>" marginwidth="1"
marginheight="1" scrolling="auto">
  <noframes><BODY></body></noframes>
</frameset></html>
 <% Else
   'if you don't find a valid address to replace...
   Server.Execute "parkedtext.htm"
  End If
End If
Function NewTitle() 'search the database and find out the title
corresponding to the SERVER_NAME variable of the IIS request
 NewTitle = rsRedirs("Title")
End Function
Function NewAddress() 'search the database and find out the redirect address
corresponding to the SERVER_NAME variable of the IIS request
 If LCase(Left(rsRedirs("URLTo"), 4)) = "http" Then
  NewAddress = rsRedirs("URLTo")
 Else
  NewAddress = "http://" & rsRedirs("URLTo")
 End If
End Function %>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom" <to...@im...>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:27 AM
Subject: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution


> Hi Giuseppe,
>
> I managed to build a solution after my original post which includes the
idea
> of a redirecting asp page.
> I placed the asp script (found at the bottom of this post) in the default
> file of the default website.
>
> Because I didn't want to bind the host (user1 for expaple) to a specific
> website ("poluting the IIS metabase").
> I was forced to use the default website because I thought this was the
> *only* site that intercpets hosts with no bindings.
>
> I would also like to note that this worked only at the office and not from
> an external location rendring te solution worthless. I suppose this is a
> security setting with us at the office.
>
> I think that you are suggesting the following:
> Stop the default website and create a "general redirect purpose website"
> which is the only one with no HHN bindings which takes appropriates action
> for incoming requests depending on domain name and subdomain.
>
> Some other questions if you have the patience (I'm a newbie to this)
>
> - Statement : It is not possible to have a "website" wich intercpets all
> request for a *specific* domain. A binding which ignores the sub domain in
> effect.
> for example : user1.webiste.com and xerezrser goes to webiste.com where
> user1 or 'xerezrzer' is nowhere defined.
> (the "general  redirect purpose website" is actualy nicer because it
> centralises code!)
>
> - Question about terminology :
> given abs.website.com :
>
> website.com is a domain
> abs.website.com is a subdomain as well as a Host Header Domain
> abs is a host header
>
> Is this correct ??
>
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> Tom
>
>
> <%
>
'***************************************************************************
> ********************************
> dim pos
>
> dim script
> script = UCASE(request.servervariables("SCRIPT_NAME"))
>
> dim domain
> domain = UCASE(request.servervariables("SERVER_NAME"))
>
> dim zone
> pos = InStr(domain,".")
> zone = UCASE(right(domain,LEN(domain)-pos))
>
> dim host
> host = UCASE(left(domain,pos-1))
>
> dim QS
> QS = UCASE(request.querystring)
>
'***************************************************************************
> ********************************
> %>
>
> <%
>
'***************************************************************************
> ********************************
> SELECT CASE zone
>
> case "THEMEPARKVISION.NET" :
> response.redirect
> "http://www.themeparkvision.net/NL/Member/default.asp?Login=" & host
>
> END SELECT
>
'***************************************************************************
> ********************************
> %>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asp...@li...
> [mailto:asp...@li...]On Behalf Of Giuseppe
> Simone Aielli
> Sent: donderdag 4 oktober 2001 18:49
> To: Tom
> Cc: asp...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution
>
>
> Hi,
> the solution is very simple. First you need to create hostname (or cname)
> type records in your DNS. This can be easily done with ASPDNS, from a web
> page directly by your visitors.
>
> DNS maps only a computername with IP address, so user1.domain.com will map
> your computer(s) IP(s), BUT when the request arrives to the web server
(IIS
> 5 in the case), it will be only processed by the (virtual) web server who
> has an appropriate or empty HOST HEADER NAME.
>
> You can find the HHNs of a web server under the Web Site page clicking on
> Advanced on the web site's Properties.
>
> But remember:
> 1. there can be only one virtual server with an empty HHN;
> 2. leaving the Default web site running if the first source for hackers to
> exploit your server - I absolutely recommend not to do so; also do not
> delete it, or IIS will recreate a similar site the first time you attempt
to
> make a web site - just leave it stopped;
> 3. empty HHN has special meaning in IIS, it means "every host header name"
> not specified elsewhere.
>
> So you don't need ADSI to create confusion in you IIS metabase, but only a
> single ASP pages who "reads" the HHS requested by the client, searches a
> database (or text file, XML,...) and makes a redirect or some action.
>
> Regarding your last question, ManageServer uses RPC and is able to manage
a
> computer's DNS using only a pure TCP connection between machines. But the
> impersonated user from the controlling machine HAS to have an account on
the
> controlled server with privileges enough to change DNS records (at least
DNS
> admin rights).
>
> Even if there are very few people on this list already, there are more
than
> 3.000 downloads for ASDPN files only on Sourceforge, and I'm in touch with
> guys who run ASPDNS in various production environments, including server
> farms with multiple DNS controlled from one or more IISs.
>
> Regards,
> gsa
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom" <to...@im...>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:55 PM
> Subject: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I promised a while back to my website visitors that they would get a
> persnal
> > url from the website.
> > So user1 would get user1.website.com and user2 would get
> user2.website.com.
> >
> > Now its time to make this happen but i dont see a clear solution.
> >
> > At first i thought that pure DNS manupulation was the answer but, now, I
> see
> > this is nut the case. Having very little experience with DSN i thought
> that
> > an alias operated in the way that if you alias"user1" to "www" the url
> > user.website.com would go to www.website.com where the default file
could
> > take appropriate action.
> > I tried it but it didn't work.
> >
> > The alias user1.website.com goes to the root of my website because there
> is
> > no binding between the websitefolder and the host (I am using IIS 5).
> > I think this can be done by using the ADSI/Active directorty API so this
> > seems no problem.
> >
> >
> > My question to you guys are:
> >
> > 1. Is this the simplest solution (I have heared of an MX record, a sort
of
> > catch all record, but my mental model of DNS is too limited to make this
> > part
> > of a solution. Feedback is much appriciated.
> >
> > 2. The asp script which does the administration runs an computer1 where
> the
> > ADSI stuff will take place. The DNS server (over wich I have "total"
> > control) is
> > located on computer2 whish I must approach via the internet. I see from
> the
> > syntax that ManageServer cann do this with RPC. Has anybody tried this
in
> a
> > production environment?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Aspdns-users mailing list
> > Asp...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/aspdns-users
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Aspdns-users mailing list
> Asp...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/aspdns-users
>
>
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>


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Re: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution

[Giuseppe S. A. <giu...@ai...>]

Hi,
try to see if a file like the one included can help you. It's something I
made some time ago, and I don't know if it works or not, but it's something
you can study to solve your problem. It's based on an Access database, which
you can easily recreate.

> - Statement : It is not possible to have a "website" wich intercpets all
> request for a *specific* domain. A binding which ignores the sub domain in
> effect. for example : user1.webiste.com and xerezrser goes to webiste.com
where
> user1 or 'xerezrzer' is nowhere defined.
> (the "general  redirect purpose website" is actualy nicer because it
> centralises code!)
Excuse me but I cannot understand this.

> - Question about terminology :
> given abs.website.com :
>
> website.com is a domain
OK
> abs.website.com is a subdomain
NO it is a simple hostaname (fully qualified, or so called FQDN). When it
goes to a web server it becomes a HOST HEADER NAME. It is a field in the
HTTP request from the browser.

> abs is a host header
NO it's a host(name), whitout a domain. For this reason it is valid only
within a LAN, not a WAN like Internet.

Bye,
gsa


Default.asp for the general purpose redirect site (needs a database with a
tblRedirs table):

<% If LCase(Trim(Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME"))) =
"redirect.e-drome.net" Then 'browse the site%>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd">
<html LANG="en">
<head>
 <title>Free redirection of internet addresses!</title>
</head>
<body>
<table border="0" width="100%">
  <tr>
    <td width="20%" valign="top"><!--#Include file="menu.inc"-->
    </td>
    <td width="80%" valign="top">
    <h3>Free redirection of internet addresses!</h3>

 <p>From <EM>url-a</EM> to <EM>url-b</EM> with no advertisig or banner
anymore! Keep your address showing in the
 address bar of the navigator while browsing pages on your real site. No
matter about url-a or
 url-b and where they are! And it's free!
 </p>

 <p>Expecially useful for those who own a domain name
      but want to use their existing web site or provider and extremely
simple to use or modify.
 </p>

 <P>Want to try? Roll over the next link and look the address in the status
bar. Then Click
 <A href="http://test.e-drome.net"> the link</A> and see what happens. At
the end navigate
 in the Microsoft site and take a look at the address-bar of the
browser.</P>

 <P>Another example: <A href="http://redir.e-drome.net"> the MSDN
site</A>!</P>

    <P>Still don't have a domain name? Try for free at <A
href="http://www.e-drome.net">
    www.e-drome.net</A>!</P>

 <p align="center"><IMG height=66 src="images/edrome295x66.gif"
width=176></p>
   </td>
  </tr>
</table>
</body></html>
<% Else 'it is the engine
  Dim oConn, vFrom, vPwd, vSQL
  vFrom = Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
  Set oConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
  oConn.Open Application("DATABASE")
  Dim rsRedirs
  Set rsRedirs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
  vSQL = "Select * From tblRedirs WHERE URLFrom='" & vFrom & "' "
  rsRedirs.Open vSQL, oConn
  If Not rsRedirs.EOF Then %>
<HTML><HEAD><title><%=NewTitle%></title></HEAD>
<frameset rows="1,*" framespacing="0" border="0" frameborder="0">
  <frame name="intestazione" scrolling="no" noresize target="topzone">
  <frame name="topzone" src="<%=NewAddress%>" marginwidth="1"
marginheight="1" scrolling="auto">
  <noframes><BODY></body></noframes>
</frameset></html>
 <% Else
   'if you don't find a valid address to replace...
   Server.Execute "parkedtext.htm"
  End If
End If
Function NewTitle() 'search the database and find out the title
corresponding to the SERVER_NAME variable of the IIS request
 NewTitle = rsRedirs("Title")
End Function
Function NewAddress() 'search the database and find out the redirect address
corresponding to the SERVER_NAME variable of the IIS request
 If LCase(Left(rsRedirs("URLTo"), 4)) = "http" Then
  NewAddress = rsRedirs("URLTo")
 Else
  NewAddress = "http://" & rsRedirs("URLTo")
 End If
End Function %>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom" <to...@im...>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:27 AM
Subject: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution


> Hi Giuseppe,
>
> I managed to build a solution after my original post which includes the
idea
> of a redirecting asp page.
> I placed the asp script (found at the bottom of this post) in the default
> file of the default website.
>
> Because I didn't want to bind the host (user1 for expaple) to a specific
> website ("poluting the IIS metabase").
> I was forced to use the default website because I thought this was the
> *only* site that intercpets hosts with no bindings.
>
> I would also like to note that this worked only at the office and not from
> an external location rendring te solution worthless. I suppose this is a
> security setting with us at the office.
>
> I think that you are suggesting the following:
> Stop the default website and create a "general redirect purpose website"
> which is the only one with no HHN bindings which takes appropriates action
> for incoming requests depending on domain name and subdomain.
>
> Some other questions if you have the patience (I'm a newbie to this)
>
> - Statement : It is not possible to have a "website" wich intercpets all
> request for a *specific* domain. A binding which ignores the sub domain in
> effect.
> for example : user1.webiste.com and xerezrser goes to webiste.com where
> user1 or 'xerezrzer' is nowhere defined.
> (the "general  redirect purpose website" is actualy nicer because it
> centralises code!)
>
> - Question about terminology :
> given abs.website.com :
>
> website.com is a domain
> abs.website.com is a subdomain as well as a Host Header Domain
> abs is a host header
>
> Is this correct ??
>
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> Tom
>
>
> <%
>
'***************************************************************************
> ********************************
> dim pos
>
> dim script
> script = UCASE(request.servervariables("SCRIPT_NAME"))
>
> dim domain
> domain = UCASE(request.servervariables("SERVER_NAME"))
>
> dim zone
> pos = InStr(domain,".")
> zone = UCASE(right(domain,LEN(domain)-pos))
>
> dim host
> host = UCASE(left(domain,pos-1))
>
> dim QS
> QS = UCASE(request.querystring)
>
'***************************************************************************
> ********************************
> %>
>
> <%
>
'***************************************************************************
> ********************************
> SELECT CASE zone
>
> case "THEMEPARKVISION.NET" :
> response.redirect
> "http://www.themeparkvision.net/NL/Member/default.asp?Login=" & host
>
> END SELECT
>
'***************************************************************************
> ********************************
> %>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asp...@li...
> [mailto:asp...@li...]On Behalf Of Giuseppe
> Simone Aielli
> Sent: donderdag 4 oktober 2001 18:49
> To: Tom
> Cc: asp...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution
>
>
> Hi,
> the solution is very simple. First you need to create hostname (or cname)
> type records in your DNS. This can be easily done with ASPDNS, from a web
> page directly by your visitors.
>
> DNS maps only a computername with IP address, so user1.domain.com will map
> your computer(s) IP(s), BUT when the request arrives to the web server
(IIS
> 5 in the case), it will be only processed by the (virtual) web server who
> has an appropriate or empty HOST HEADER NAME.
>
> You can find the HHNs of a web server under the Web Site page clicking on
> Advanced on the web site's Properties.
>
> But remember:
> 1. there can be only one virtual server with an empty HHN;
> 2. leaving the Default web site running if the first source for hackers to
> exploit your server - I absolutely recommend not to do so; also do not
> delete it, or IIS will recreate a similar site the first time you attempt
to
> make a web site - just leave it stopped;
> 3. empty HHN has special meaning in IIS, it means "every host header name"
> not specified elsewhere.
>
> So you don't need ADSI to create confusion in you IIS metabase, but only a
> single ASP pages who "reads" the HHS requested by the client, searches a
> database (or text file, XML,...) and makes a redirect or some action.
>
> Regarding your last question, ManageServer uses RPC and is able to manage
a
> computer's DNS using only a pure TCP connection between machines. But the
> impersonated user from the controlling machine HAS to have an account on
the
> controlled server with privileges enough to change DNS records (at least
DNS
> admin rights).
>
> Even if there are very few people on this list already, there are more
than
> 3.000 downloads for ASDPN files only on Sourceforge, and I'm in touch with
> guys who run ASPDNS in various production environments, including server
> farms with multiple DNS controlled from one or more IISs.
>
> Regards,
> gsa
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom" <to...@im...>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:55 PM
> Subject: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I promised a while back to my website visitors that they would get a
> persnal
> > url from the website.
> > So user1 would get user1.website.com and user2 would get
> user2.website.com.
> >
> > Now its time to make this happen but i dont see a clear solution.
> >
> > At first i thought that pure DNS manupulation was the answer but, now, I
> see
> > this is nut the case. Having very little experience with DSN i thought
> that
> > an alias operated in the way that if you alias"user1" to "www" the url
> > user.website.com would go to www.website.com where the default file
could
> > take appropriate action.
> > I tried it but it didn't work.
> >
> > The alias user1.website.com goes to the root of my website because there
> is
> > no binding between the websitefolder and the host (I am using IIS 5).
> > I think this can be done by using the ADSI/Active directorty API so this
> > seems no problem.
> >
> >
> > My question to you guys are:
> >
> > 1. Is this the simplest solution (I have heared of an MX record, a sort
of
> > catch all record, but my mental model of DNS is too limited to make this
> > part
> > of a solution. Feedback is much appriciated.
> >
> > 2. The asp script which does the administration runs an computer1 where
> the
> > ADSI stuff will take place. The DNS server (over wich I have "total"
> > control) is
> > located on computer2 whish I must approach via the internet. I see from
> the
> > syntax that ManageServer cann do this with RPC. Has anybody tried this
in
> a
> > production environment?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Aspdns-users mailing list
> > Asp...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/aspdns-users
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Aspdns-users mailing list
> Asp...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/aspdns-users
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Aspdns-users mailing list
> Asp...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/aspdns-users
>

[Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution

[Tom <to...@im...>]

Hi Giuseppe,

I managed to build a solution after my original post which includes the idea
of a redirecting asp page.
I placed the asp script (found at the bottom of this post) in the default
file of the default website.

Because I didn't want to bind the host (user1 for expaple) to a specific
website ("poluting the IIS metabase").
I was forced to use the default website because I thought this was the
*only* site that intercpets hosts with no bindings.

I would also like to note that this worked only at the office and not from
an external location rendring te solution worthless. I suppose this is a
security setting with us at the office.

I think that you are suggesting the following:
Stop the default website and create a "general redirect purpose website"
which is the only one with no HHN bindings which takes appropriates action
for incoming requests depending on domain name and subdomain.

Some other questions if you have the patience (I'm a newbie to this)

- Statement : It is not possible to have a "website" wich intercpets all
request for a *specific* domain. A binding which ignores the sub domain in
effect.
for example : user1.webiste.com and xerezrser goes to webiste.com where
user1 or 'xerezrzer' is nowhere defined.
(the "general  redirect purpose website" is actualy nicer because it
centralises code!)

- Question about terminology :
	given abs.website.com :

	website.com is a domain
	abs.website.com is a subdomain as well as a Host Header Domain
	abs is a host header

	Is this correct ??


Thanks very much!

	Tom


<%
'***************************************************************************
********************************
dim pos

dim script
	script = UCASE(request.servervariables("SCRIPT_NAME"))

dim domain
	domain = UCASE(request.servervariables("SERVER_NAME"))

dim zone
	pos = InStr(domain,".")
	zone = UCASE(right(domain,LEN(domain)-pos))

dim host
	host = UCASE(left(domain,pos-1))

dim QS
	QS = UCASE(request.querystring)
'***************************************************************************
********************************
%>

<%
'***************************************************************************
********************************
SELECT CASE zone

	case "THEMEPARKVISION.NET" :
		response.redirect
"http://www.themeparkvision.net/NL/Member/default.asp?Login=" & host

END SELECT
'***************************************************************************
********************************
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-----Original Message-----
From: asp...@li...
[mailto:asp...@li...]On Behalf Of Giuseppe
Simone Aielli
Sent: donderdag 4 oktober 2001 18:49
To: Tom
Cc: asp...@li...
Subject: Re: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution


Hi,
the solution is very simple. First you need to create hostname (or cname)
type records in your DNS. This can be easily done with ASPDNS, from a web
page directly by your visitors.

DNS maps only a computername with IP address, so user1.domain.com will map
your computer(s) IP(s), BUT when the request arrives to the web server (IIS
5 in the case), it will be only processed by the (virtual) web server who
has an appropriate or empty HOST HEADER NAME.

You can find the HHNs of a web server under the Web Site page clicking on
Advanced on the web site's Properties.

But remember:
1. there can be only one virtual server with an empty HHN;
2. leaving the Default web site running if the first source for hackers to
exploit your server - I absolutely recommend not to do so; also do not
delete it, or IIS will recreate a similar site the first time you attempt to
make a web site - just leave it stopped;
3. empty HHN has special meaning in IIS, it means "every host header name"
not specified elsewhere.

So you don't need ADSI to create confusion in you IIS metabase, but only a
single ASP pages who "reads" the HHS requested by the client, searches a
database (or text file, XML,...) and makes a redirect or some action.

Regarding your last question, ManageServer uses RPC and is able to manage a
computer's DNS using only a pure TCP connection between machines. But the
impersonated user from the controlling machine HAS to have an account on the
controlled server with privileges enough to change DNS records (at least DNS
admin rights).

Even if there are very few people on this list already, there are more than
3.000 downloads for ASDPN files only on Sourceforge, and I'm in touch with
guys who run ASPDNS in various production environments, including server
farms with multiple DNS controlled from one or more IISs.

Regards,
gsa

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom" <to...@im...>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:55 PM
Subject: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution


> Hi all,
>
> I promised a while back to my website visitors that they would get a
persnal
> url from the website.
> So user1 would get user1.website.com and user2 would get
user2.website.com.
>
> Now its time to make this happen but i dont see a clear solution.
>
> At first i thought that pure DNS manupulation was the answer but, now, I
see
> this is nut the case. Having very little experience with DSN i thought
that
> an alias operated in the way that if you alias"user1" to "www" the url
> user.website.com would go to www.website.com where the default file could
> take appropriate action.
> I tried it but it didn't work.
>
> The alias user1.website.com goes to the root of my website because there
is
> no binding between the websitefolder and the host (I am using IIS 5).
> I think this can be done by using the ADSI/Active directorty API so this
> seems no problem.
>
>
> My question to you guys are:
>
> 1. Is this the simplest solution (I have heared of an MX record, a sort of
> catch all record, but my mental model of DNS is too limited to make this
> part
> of a solution. Feedback is much appriciated.
>
> 2. The asp script which does the administration runs an computer1 where
the
> ADSI stuff will take place. The DNS server (over wich I have "total"
> control) is
> located on computer2 whish I must approach via the internet. I see from
the
> syntax that ManageServer cann do this with RPC. Has anybody tried this in
a
> production environment?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Tom
>
>
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> Aspdns-users mailing list
> Asp...@li...
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Re: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution

[Giuseppe S. A. <giu...@ai...>]

Hi,
the solution is very simple. First you need to create hostname (or cname)
type records in your DNS. This can be easily done with ASPDNS, from a web
page directly by your visitors.

DNS maps only a computername with IP address, so user1.domain.com will map
your computer(s) IP(s), BUT when the request arrives to the web server (IIS
5 in the case), it will be only processed by the (virtual) web server who
has an appropriate or empty HOST HEADER NAME.

You can find the HHNs of a web server under the Web Site page clicking on
Advanced on the web site's Properties.

But remember:
1. there can be only one virtual server with an empty HHN;
2. leaving the Default web site running if the first source for hackers to
exploit your server - I absolutely recommend not to do so; also do not
delete it, or IIS will recreate a similar site the first time you attempt to
make a web site - just leave it stopped;
3. empty HHN has special meaning in IIS, it means "every host header name"
not specified elsewhere.

So you don't need ADSI to create confusion in you IIS metabase, but only a
single ASP pages who "reads" the HHS requested by the client, searches a
database (or text file, XML,...) and makes a redirect or some action.

Regarding your last question, ManageServer uses RPC and is able to manage a
computer's DNS using only a pure TCP connection between machines. But the
impersonated user from the controlling machine HAS to have an account on the
controlled server with privileges enough to change DNS records (at least DNS
admin rights).

Even if there are very few people on this list already, there are more than
3.000 downloads for ASDPN files only on Sourceforge, and I'm in touch with
guys who run ASPDNS in various production environments, including server
farms with multiple DNS controlled from one or more IISs.

Regards,
gsa

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom" <to...@im...>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:55 PM
Subject: [Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution


> Hi all,
>
> I promised a while back to my website visitors that they would get a
persnal
> url from the website.
> So user1 would get user1.website.com and user2 would get
user2.website.com.
>
> Now its time to make this happen but i dont see a clear solution.
>
> At first i thought that pure DNS manupulation was the answer but, now, I
see
> this is nut the case. Having very little experience with DSN i thought
that
> an alias operated in the way that if you alias"user1" to "www" the url
> user.website.com would go to www.website.com where the default file could
> take appropriate action.
> I tried it but it didn't work.
>
> The alias user1.website.com goes to the root of my website because there
is
> no binding between the websitefolder and the host (I am using IIS 5).
> I think this can be done by using the ADSI/Active directorty API so this
> seems no problem.
>
>
> My question to you guys are:
>
> 1. Is this the simplest solution (I have heared of an MX record, a sort of
> catch all record, but my mental model of DNS is too limited to make this
> part
> of a solution. Feedback is much appriciated.
>
> 2. The asp script which does the administration runs an computer1 where
the
> ADSI stuff will take place. The DNS server (over wich I have "total"
> control) is
> located on computer2 whish I must approach via the internet. I see from
the
> syntax that ManageServer cann do this with RPC. Has anybody tried this in
a
> production environment?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Tom
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Aspdns-users mailing list
> Asp...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/aspdns-users
>

[Aspdns-users] Perseal url solution

[Tom <to...@im...>]

Hi all,

I promised a while back to my website visitors that they would get a persnal
url from the website.
So user1 would get user1.website.com and user2 would get user2.website.com.

Now its time to make this happen but i dont see a clear solution.

At first i thought that pure DNS manupulation was the answer but, now, I see
this is nut the case. Having very little experience with DSN i thought that
an alias operated in the way that if you alias"user1" to "www" the url
user.website.com would go to www.website.com where the default file could
take appropriate action.
I tried it but it didn't work.

The alias user1.website.com goes to the root of my website because there is
no binding between the websitefolder and the host (I am using IIS 5).
I think this can be done by using the ADSI/Active directorty API so this
seems no problem.


My question to you guys are:

1. Is this the simplest solution (I have heared of an MX record, a sort of
catch all record, but my mental model of DNS is too limited to make this
part
of a solution. Feedback is much appriciated.

2. The asp script which does the administration runs an computer1 where the
ADSI stuff will take place. The DNS server (over wich I have "total"
control) is
located on computer2 whish I must approach via the internet. I see from the
syntax that ManageServer cann do this with RPC. Has anybody tried this in a
production environment?

Many thanks,

	Tom

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