Questions tagged [domain-name]
A domain name is a string that defines a realm of authority on the Internet, generally representing an Internet Protocol resource.
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Xfinity router WiFi DNS not refreshed?
I setup a new domain name. It's active and working from:
Mobile Network
Wired ethernet connection
Other WiFi (not mine)
using a VPN
It is NOT working from:
Xfinity WiFi without a VPN
My Xfinity ...
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Website loading difficulties after TLD change from .com to .promo
We recently changed the URL of our website from eyevertising.com to bold.promo, and we now hear from a few random customers that they can't access the new website!
The only thing we really did, was ...
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Disable Windows DNS search domain / set to `.`
I use a resolver that responds with records on bare TLDs aka dotless domains - will add some info on why below if you're curious, but it's not related to the issue.
On Linux, it's possible to do so by ...
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Getting issues on adding the website on Porkbun domain which is hosted on Cloudflare
I have made a website which is hosted on Cloudflare and I purchased a personal domain from Porkbun.
My website is successfully hosted on CloudFlare, but I want to run it on personal domain which I ...
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Redirect domain name to ip with port number
I need to redirect a domain name or a subdomain to an ip with port that is the 80 port is already used and assigned to another domain or subdomain name i want to run another server in the same ...
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Relay access denied when forwarding email via domain registrar
UPDATE: It turns out that it took several hours for my changes to take effect. So everything's fine now. But I hope this question and answer will be useful for someone.
I have a domain name which I've ...
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Server re-hosted, needs to update new IP address in DNS
Our Centos7 server was relocated to a new building and the IP address changed. Now how do I configure the server so all traffic gets routed to the new IP address?The domain name is still the same. The ...
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home.arpa vs subdomain.home.arpa domain name in my home network
I am planning to give a domain name to a computer on my home network. From my understanding, home.arpa has been officially reserved since 2018 for this use case (RFC 8375). Does this mean that I can ...
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DNS Forwarding or Nameservers
I have a couple of domains registered with one company and then websites hosted with another. One of the domains has nameservers pointing at the web host, the other has DNS forwarding to the same web ...
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"resolvectl dns" gives empty output
I do on my VPS with Ubuntu 22 server (new, clean setup):
root@vm905709:~# resolvectl dns ens3
Link 2 (ens3):
root@vm905709:~#
(BTW, I did it on the same VPS with Debian and it was the same.)
And ...
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How to properly register subdomains
tl;dr: What's the proper way to make a domain point to an IP and a subdomain point to another? Any additional records required besides two A records?
I'm working on an e-commerce that used to live in ...
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Why is DNStwist showing a domain available but online check shows taken?
For example, when using the software DNStwist to enumerate domain name "dege.com", it shows "degee.com" available, but when using several web domain availability sites, those sites ...
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Is it against spec to set a nameserver at the registrar to a CNAME alias?
I came up against an issue where some DNS providers were not getting data from our authoritative DNS server. Using a site like dnschecker.org, I was seeing something like 30% of the nodes reporting ...
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Migrating a hosted Web-Server to a home-based sever (inlcuding Domain Name and SSL)
Up to now I was using a hosted server with a static IP address, and own SSL certificate and an own domain.
My server hosting company has provided me with an interface, in which I entered some entries ...
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How redirect requests to another domain name without changing the website URL?
I have a web site exemple.com and another named dummy.com. The two of them point to the same server.
What I want is that the home page of dummy.com show, in reality, exemple.com/dummy but I don't want ...
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Which DNS records are safe to delete after setting up iCloud+ email?
I'm setting up iCloud+ custom domain email and Apple instructs to add 5 DNS records. I've added them all but I see a bunch of other records that were already there:
13 A
2 CNAME
2 NS
1 SOA
The ...
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Is there a way to detect when a domain is caught by the Hosts file?
On Windows, I use the etc/hosts file to block some domains, for example because they are often used to serve ads. But sometimes, a program tries to connect to a blocked domain for a legitimate reason ...
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SSL certificates for local web applications [closed]
My understanding is that there are three ways you could go about setting up a intranet web server (local network only) for HTTPS.
Self signed SSL certificate. Cons: Browsers typically don't likes ...
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Logging into a Email address that was hosted on a private SMTP/Emailing server
As part of a development project I once did, I along with the other developers were assigned email addresses that were hosted on a private mail server.
I have a game whose activation is tied to that ...
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How to redirect an IP address to a machine/hostname in an Intranet?
I have a couple of intranet applications at home like an NVR server and a Plex Media Server. Each are installed in a FreeNAS jail with corresponding IP addresses like 192.168.0.2 with hostname mynvr ...
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Could "[email protected]" be a valid email address?
I study regex and faced a question: could an email address like [email protected] be valid?
Sure there is the valid username, but what about domain?
Should it be domain name only or is host ip ...
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DNS A record on Domain host differs from DNS A record on Web host
My domain host has one A @ record. The IP address value listed is completely different from the A @ record listed for my web host. I did not change any of them.
I hadn't visited the site in years nor ...
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How are emails related to or linked with the domain?
I have three doubts Lets consider www.amazon.com. Now amazon has employees and the employee's have an email ID ending with @amazon.com
Is this because there is a domain controller in the amazon ...
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How can I configure the hostnames of my servers from services on the network? What should I use? A DHCP? A DNS? Both?
I'm trying to establish a way to configure my servers' hostnames in a centralized way, that is, from some service on the network that does it.
I know there are three names that identify a server...
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Can top level domains disappear if countries cease to exist / malfunction?
This question comes from a possibly stupid idea, but I want to make sure its as not-stupid as possible.
I want to tattoo a QR code on my arm, that encodes a website. The domain has to be as short as ...
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Risks of custom domain for personal email address?
I am not speaking of hosting the web server myself, I would delegate that to a well established company, for example the registrar I use for the domain name.
I want to know what the risks would be to ...
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Diagnosing an email bounce from a free Gmail business domain
I have an email address associated with one of Google's free business domains for my former employer, a nonprofit public interest research group. The organization went bankrupt about a decade time ago....
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BIND9 sends notify to slave only with also-notify
I have a problem that has been driving me crazy for three days!
I'm replacing my Authoritative DNS servers with new ones and then I'm resetting all BIND9 configurations again to do a bit more "...
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What does setting the domain name of linux system do? [duplicate]
When installing many different distributions of Linux, there is usually an option to set the domain name, as well as the hostname. Often the domain name can be left blank.
What does this options ...
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What DNS records are required to configure web hosting for a subdomain?
I've browsed several questions about DNS setup for subdomains and not quite found an answer, so I'm hoping you can assist.
Our domain name (100storybuilding.org.au) is registered with one provider (...
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Using one domain for multiple servers. Is it possible?
I am not very familiar with technical DNS setup.
I have this scenario:
I have one domain, say it is: mydomain.com
I have multiple servers: each=one ip address
I want to know if it is possible to use ...
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How can I allow one specific Google URL through when the whole Google domain is blocked by firewall?
Using ZoneAlarm "zones" I have blocked Google (https://www.google.com) but I need to allow a Recaptcha URL (https://www.google.com/recaptcha/enterprise.js)?
I need this to log in to Hulu!
I ...
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How can I ping a list of domain names and returning the IP address along with each domain?
I have a list of domains I want to ping, and I want to return the domain name and the IP address it resolves to in a similar fashion to how ping returns for one domain:
PING domaina.com (1.1.1.1): 56 ...
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Which of these is a domain name? What's the difference between subdomain and hostname? I'm getting conflicting information [duplicate]
For the past two days I've been reading up on domains and the like because I'll be setting up a website on a VPS. However, I keep getting conflicting answers from stackoverflow, youtube and various ...
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How does the Domain (DNS) hierarchy work? Sub-domain Vs SLD
I was reading some text online and noticed the resource refer to dir2.website1.com as third level domain. While we usually refer to dir2 as being subdomain of website1. And also website1.com should ...
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Multiple domain point to same website
I'm a fairly avid programmer, but recently moved to web development, so I apologize if this question is somewhat silly.
I'm building an e-commerce webApp that should support multiple domains.
Lets say ...
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Is there a reliable way to find out if people are still using a domain as a name server?
I had a domain I was using for a nameserver with my hosting. I had to move hosting, but due to propagation all of the sites and/or emails could potentially go down as I moved the nameserver across. ...
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Website only shows ip address, not domain name
I'm trying to set up a website on a home server with joomla. I've managed to set up correct forwarding so it is accessible via my IP address, and I have purchased a domain name from a hosting provider....
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where is my lan hostname stored
When I configure a hostname on a computer, that I can look up like this:
$ hostname
example
and then ping, or ssh from another computer on the same LAN:
$ ssh example
user@example's password:
Where ...
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Can one zone file contain multiple domains?
I know a DNS server can manage multiple zone files. But can a zone file manage multiple domains? Or each domain must be put in a separated zone file? Those shared hosting companies use a pair of name ...
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Changing domain name - major security issue
I'm considering changing my domain name, which I've had for the past ~5 years, for a couple of reasons:
Prices have gone up nearly 50% of the tld I'm using.
I want to switch to .com
During the years ...
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How to Google Search - limit results on specific domain extension?
Is it possible to make a search which limits the search results to specific domains only i.e. .org (or any specific) extension? Years ago, I remembered it was possible...
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How do services like Firebase and Now from ZEIT generate domains?
When you deploy a web app or site to Firebase or ZEIT Now they give you a generated domain. They give an option to add a custom domain if you want it: https://firebase.google.com/docs/hosting/custom-...
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Error in named-checkzone: DNS zone error:( out of zone) has no addresses records (A or AAAA)
I have the same issue as in Error in named-checkzone. I have cross-checked my zone file and they are properly formatted FQDN.
I checked the zone file using :
:/etc/bind$ sudo named-checkzone ...
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How to search registered domain names without giving away the domain name
I want to search registered domain names without giving out the search terms to a domain name registrar.
I need a trustworthy RPC database not an income-seeking company. Any ideas?
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When a region or a country blocks a website, is domain IP address blocked or does domain resolution on their DNS server not happen?
I'm trying to access a certain website which has been blocked in my region. On trying to access it over mobile data, the website does not load.
If I directly type in the IP address that the domain ...
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Chrome -- update domain in history
We recently migrated a core web-app from a.b.io to alpha.beta.int.com.
I'm very used to having chrome autofill help me navigate around this app. For example, I type gamma when I want to get to a.b.io/...
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How dig my local server DNS directly
I created server DNS. I can dig my domain directly and I see that I have correct answer in my local network:
dig example.com
Why I can't get answer from my domain like dig example.com @...
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Blogger: What happens to a blog after a custom domain expires? [closed]
I have a blog at Blogger and I have purchased a custom domain from a third-party provider. On Blogger, I have set the original address example.blogspot.com to be redirected to example.cz.
Now, let's ...
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Can Top Level Domain consists of three parts?
Top Level Domains (TLDs) can be general TLDs (.com, .net, etc.) or country-code TLDs like .co.uk, .gov.us, etc.
Question: Can a top level domain consists of three parts? I have a list of domain names ...