Re: OT (slightly): djbdns question

[Brandin L Claar <claar@arl.psu.edu>]

On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 11:31:58PM -0500, Jason P. Stanford wrote:
>    Could I use djbdns (under OBSD, of course) to map a .com domain
> name to a box within my university without going through the IT
> department?  I have had a domain name that I'm paying for but am
> no longer using the web hosting service I had been.  So the domain
> name is sitting unused.

You could use BIND or djbdns or just about any DNS server to do this.  A
reverse lookup will always show what the university has registered for the
IP address you are using.  I would read very carefully your university's
policy on appropriate use of their network.  What you are talking about
probably violates this policy.  It certainly does at Penn State.


-- 
Brandin Claar
Network Analyst 
Penn State Applied Research Lab