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Yup, it makes sense - I think. :) I've done auto-redirects in iPlanet ws
before, but only with FQDN web instances having a unique IP for the
instance, or otherwise, as a virtual instance (i.e. alias) within an
instance (or some such-iPlanet speak), utilizing a non-standard port.
Perhaps unlike Apache, which I don't know all that well, I'm not sure if
iPlanet will allow domain instances only - in the form of
https-smallbiz.com - or if it does, if it would even work, but it could
be worth a shot. Still, would I not need to also push an IP for both www
and smallbiz.com in DNS, as Jerald described previously? (Of course, the
real domain in question is registered to us.)

Thanks!
-fgz


> This is possible only if you are only looking to do this for a domain
which you
> have control over the webserver.   It's quite simple to do in Apache
with dual
> VirtualHost settings where one is a ServerAlias that redirects to the
second
&gt; VirtualHost.  For instance, you can have <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://blah.com";>http://blah.com</a> seemlessly
redirect to
&gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blah.com";>http://www.blah.com</a>.  Here are the essential Apache settings that do this:
&gt; 
&gt; &lt;VirtualHost www.blah.com:80&gt;
&gt;     ServerName www.blah.com
&gt;     DocumentRoot /www/
&gt;     .....
&gt; &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
&gt; &lt;VirtualHost www.blah.com:80&gt;
&gt;     ServerAlias blah.*  # catches blah.net and blah.com
&gt;     Redirect permanent / <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blah.com/";>http://www.blah.com/</a>
&gt; &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
&gt; 
&gt; Make sense?
&gt; 
&gt; -Jim P.
&gt; 
&gt; --- fgz &lt;fzamenski at voyager.net&gt; wrote:
&gt; 
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; The boss calleth on me today, with a 'simple request'. This is for a
&gt; &gt; small business site: what I want to achieve is to have any end-user
&gt; &gt; simply enter a valid domainname into their browser, then have that name
&gt; &gt; redirect to a business website, i.e. they'll enter smallbiz.com, and
&gt; &gt; they go off to www.smallbiz.com. Obviously many big sites do this: for
&gt; &gt; instance, yahoo.com will redirect to www.yahoo.com. An nslookup on
&gt; &gt; yahoo.com will give the IP/names of several servers - or maybe cluster
&gt; &gt; redirectors, or a bunch of load balancing devices, perhaps? Anyway,
&gt; &gt; simply doing a cname to a webserver doesn't work (didn't think it would,
&gt; &gt; but I tried anyway. ;) Is there a simple way to do this? Any good
&gt; &gt; concise, favored, resources on the web that address this? Our external
&gt; &gt; DNS server is an ancient Solaris 2.6 box, with a really nasty old
&gt; &gt; version of bind. In-house webservers are iPlanet ws6sp5 on Solaris 9.
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; Thanks.
&gt; &gt; -fgz
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; 
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