Questions tagged [wildcard]
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Wildcard SSL certificate for second-level subdomain
I'd like to know if any certificates support a double wildcard like *.*.example.com? I've just been on the phone with my current SSL provider (register.com) and the girl there said they don't offer ...
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Is a wildcard CNAME DNS record valid?
I know it's valid to have a DNS A record that's a wildcard (e.g. *.mysite.com). Is it possible/valid/advised to have a wildcard CNAME record?
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Wildcard DNS and subdomains
Let's that I've got the domain mydomain.com.
I want that when any visitor goes to
www.mydomain.com
xyz.mydomain.com
abc.mydomain.com
asd.mydomain.com
qwe.mydomain.com
etc...
the visitor will continue ...
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Wildcard certificate with prefix
I am wondering if it's possible to create a wildcard certificate with a prefix.
I know that *.example.com will cover anything at the first level (eg. one.example.com, two.example.com, three-four....
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Is a wildcard DNS record bad practice?
I asked my hoster to add three subdomains all pointing to the IP of the A record. It seems he simply added a wildcard DNS record because any random subdomain resolves to my IP now. This is OK for me ...
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Nginx: Forward all Subdomains
My code doesn't work with second level tld's like domain.co.uk
Here is my conf:
# add www.
if ($host ~ ^(?!www)) {
rewrite ^/(.*)$ http://www.$host/$1 permanent;
}
# remove subdomain
if (...
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In Bash, are wildcard expansions guaranteed to be in order?
Is the expansion of a wildcard in Bash guaranteed to be in alphabetical order? I am forced to split a large file into 10 Mb pieces so that they can be be accepted by my Mercurial repository.
So I was ...
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Wildcard vhosts on Nginx
I've just installed Nginx on my server and am extremely happy with the results, however I still cannot figure out how to insert wildcard virtual hosts.
This is the [directory] structure I'd like:
-- ...
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Configure DNS server to return same IP for all domains
I would like to configure a nameserver that will return the same IP address ("A" record) for any arbitrary host name. For example:
example.com
subdomain.example.com
someotherdomain.com
anyotherdomain....
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Difference between wild card SSL [duplicate]
I have deployed SSL certificates on various websites however this wildcard SSL certificate is totally new to me. I have question that If I am buying a SSL certificate *.example-private.com, Will it ...
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is wildcard ssl insecure?
Is there anything inherently more insecure about using a wildcard SSL certificate over a regular SSL certificate?
We are looking to implement a subdomained web application (a la FreshBooks and ...
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Can a DNS wildcard only be the leftmost part of a record?
I'm using TinyDNS, and have successfully used wildcard records of the form:
+*.<domain>:<ip>
(+ for A records.)
Can I also use:
+development.*.<domain>:<ip>
?
My ...
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Apache2 VirtualHost auto subdomain
I just got myself a brand new Linux-server (Debian Stable). The server is primarily used for webhosting and webdevelopment.
I installed Apache2, PHP5 and MySQL and it all works.
The way I organize ...
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sendmail: forward wildcard MX to a single email address
I'm trying to set up sendmail to forward all email to **@ **.crm.mycompany.com to [email protected]. Unfortunately my sendmail-fu isn't up to it and I can't find anything useful on Google.
My plan ...
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Multiple wildcard dns entries
Are there any problems with having multiple wildcard dns entries for a domain?
Eg:
CNAME *.a.example.com 1.1.1.1
CNAME *.b.example.com 2.2.2.2
CNAME *.example.com 3.3.3.3
I have this set up ...
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Postfix wont send mail to external email addresses listed in virtual_alias_domains
We have our main server at mail.mainserver.com with the catchall address [email protected]
We also have two other domains: domain1.com and domain2.com which are hosted at gmail. Gmail is re-...
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What is the difference between 0.0.0.0/0 and 0.0.0.0/1?
In the history, I mostly used 0.0.0.0/0 for "match every IP address". Recently, I saw a 0.0.0.0/1 subnet filter.
What is the difference between 0.0.0.0/0 and 0.0.0.0/1 and what's the ...
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Wildcard DNS with BIND
I'm trying to setup BIND so that it catches any and all requests made to it, and points them to a specific set of NS servers, and a specific A record.
I have around 500 domains, and I'm adding new ...
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Can I use the same wildcard certification for *.domain.com and domain.com
You can make an SSL certificate by using *.domain.com as the name.
But unfortunately, this doesn't cover https://domain.com
Is there any fix for this?
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Wildcard for A and MX records possible?
I'm building an app where each customer can have their own subdomain.
For this example, he setup his subdomain to be: whisky
I created a wildcard subdomain in my DNS:
*.myapp.example A 192.0.2.123
...
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Wildcard CNAME with GoDaddy DNS Manager
I'm having some issues with GoDaddy DNS that I thought I'd maybe share with you all before moving to another provider.
I have an application that uses subdomains for users and is hosted on Heroku.com....
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Wildcard DNS, VirtualHosts on apache2, 404 for unused subdomains
On an Apache2 server linked to by a DNS that includes a wildcard entry, e.g. *.example.com, subdomains that are not defined as ServerNames in any VirtualHosts point to the first defined VirtualHost, ...
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DNS wildcard entry doesn't resolve correctly (Microsoft DNS Server)
I am trying to set up a wildcard entry in MS DNS Server (on Windows Server 2008 within Active Directory) so that requests for all subdomains resolve to the same IP address. For example:
name1.my.subd....
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Which wildcard SSL cert vendors allow you to set up the same cert on multiple servers? [closed]
We are looking to set up a service where multiple boxes, in different data centers, would allow HTTPS access. We are looking to set to buy a wildcard SSL cert to handle any number of vanity sub ...
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wildcard ssl certificate - exchange 2010 - POP/IMAP problem
previously we have requested a wildcard ssl certificate from godaddy for our major domain.
one of the reasons was the new established exchange server 2010.
usually you require following names included ...
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Wildcard certificate problem
My client bought wildcard certificate for domain example.com. We have setup ssl on website which is used under something.more.example.com and the wildcard certificate is reporting problems. Is there a ...
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nginx sub directory wildcard rewrite
I have set up a server block on my nginx server, e.g. with domain testsite.com. I want to be able to install separate WordPress installations into direct child folders of the root folders, e.g. /var/...
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Automatic subdomain wildcard for DHCP-DDNS additions?
I'm running dhcp-4.0.2 server and bind-9.6.1-P3.
When a new Mac OSX DHCP client with the name "harry" connects to the network, the DHCP server gives it a lease, and adds appropriate A & PTR ...
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Wildcard DNS setting in Windows Server 2008 R2 DNS Server not working
We've got a windows server 2008 R2 DNS server that we are trying to setup a wildcard DNS entry in. So we want proxy.domain.com and *.proxy.domain.com to go to the same IP. Right now, it seems as if ...
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Wildcard SSL on IIS7 - Does each site need it's own IP?
If I buy a Wildcard SSL Certificate for one domain, like: domain.com
and I have 40 sites, like apples.domain.com and pears.domain.com
All the sites are on the same IIS 7 server
Does each site need a ...
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Wildcard on DocumentRoot for virtualhost
i use this config in apache2 for wildcard subdomain and works good :
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/
ServerName sumdomains.example.com
ServerAlias *.example.com
RewriteEngine ...
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Install new wildcard SSL cert on top of existing single domain cert - any pitfalls?
I'm about to install a wildcard SSL cert *.example.com (from digicert) over top of an existing single domain cert www.example.com (from thwate).
Are there any potential problems to watch out for when ...
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Wildcard SSL Certificates with Exchange 2010?
Is anyone using a Wildcard Cert with Exchange 2010 please?
We currently have a bunch of individual whatever.domain.com SSL certificates and as several are expiring soon it would be an ideal ...
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Logging wildcard query in bind
I had setup a wildcard in my zone, and now I regret.
I want to found out which name is actually in use.
Any ways to log all queries that matches the wildcard in bind?
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Wildcards in Virtual Hosts with dynamic logs?
My Apache Virtual Hosts config currently has several repeats of this;
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example1.com
ServerAlias www.example1.com
DocumentRoot /home/example1.com/www
...