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wildcard subdomains

how can i catch <everything>@mydomain.com?

         

superMe

10:14 pm on Sep 22, 2005 (gmt 0)



Hi! i want to change a system so users could have access to there personal pages this way.

user.mydomain.com

the idear is to have all possible subdomain redirected to the same apache virtual domain, then whit apache rewriterules to change this subdomain into a variables.

i dont have any problem whit the rewrite rules part.

(i already know that i will have a problem not http 1.1 not compliant "things", like browser if there is still some out there.)

my problem is to create a "wildcard" subdomain, curently 1&1 (http://1and1.com) is handlind our DNS.
like every web DNS interface its TOTALY ineficient, because of attempt to make it more user friendly. So i was not able to create a wildcard subdomain. I am not shure if they did it on purpuse.

Q1 - is it normal for a DNS service to prevent you from creating a wildcard subdomain?

Q1.5 - i beleive my best choice is to have this wilcard subdomain not handled by my own server and leave it on 1and1 am i right?

Q2 - do you know a registrat that have a flexible interface?

Q4 - we already have over 300 000 users and we expect to 1 million before the end of the year, do you see a problem having 300 000 to 1 million subdomain handled by a wildcard subdomain in BIND?

Q5 - Under linux i beleive bind is the best choice, am i right?

Q6 - what kind of "power" do i need to handle this? i bleive not that mutch.

Q7 - i had found some discution on the internet where some people where saying that wilcard subdomains require a lot of power .... i dont beleive in it ami right?

Q8 - is there still some "tings" that are not http 1.0 compliant? (NOT http 1.1?)