for those of you who run shell account servers

z1ff · Post by **z1ff** » Tue May 14, 2002 2:09 am

what file do i configure ?
or what program to i run.. ??

i'm currently running redhat linux... i alraedy have a .com and i want it to show up when i log in to irc i want ppl to see this @this.is.my.kick.ass.message.mydomain.com

do i edit and add an entry to virtual hosts in the httpd.conf file... ?

Petersen · Post by **Petersen** » Tue May 14, 2002 7:38 am

no, you add matching forward and reverse dns records for the ip you're using on the appropriate nameservers. (go read RFC 1035 - Domain names - implementation and specification)

fox · Post by **fox** » Wed May 15, 2002 1:25 pm

just edit your /etc/hosts and add your fake domain and point it to 127.0.0.0 for localhost then run the eggy on 127.0.0.1 and it will show *!*@whatever.com

ppslim · Post by **ppslim** » Thu May 16, 2002 9:02 am

Fox is 100% correct. But only when the eggdrop runs on the same physical machine as the IRC server.

If this isn't the case, it's back to the DNS research.

brendanv · Post by **brendanv** » Sun May 19, 2002 9:25 pm

On 2002-05-16 07:02, ppslim wrote:
Fox is 100% correct. But only when the eggdrop runs on the same physical machine as the IRC server.

If this isn't the case, it's back to the DNS research.

Hi, can you give me any pointers as to how to setup a virtual host on my debian box? Some pointers to HOW-TO's would be great.

Thanks

Brendan Vowles

Petersen · Post by **Petersen** » Sun May 19, 2002 9:39 pm

http://www.nominum.com/resources/faqs/bind-faqs.html would prolly be a good starting place. man page ifconfig(8) on ya box would also be useful.

ppslim · Post by **ppslim** » Mon May 20, 2002 10:58 am

A good book, several's MB's of FAQ's, a few spare weeks, a lot cool, calm meditation and at least the knowledge to be able to setup a IP network, using linux without a wizard.

Some pointers.

If you are only using a modem, forget it, it's not worth the hastle.

If you are signed up, and using a everyday cable/DSL provider, forget it, they will not be prepered to assign static IP's to your system, and allow RDNS (reverse DNS) control of them.

To be able to setup a V-host, you need at least 1 static IP, a domain name or sub domain name, which your computer can answer for in a DNS query, a DNS server (BIND) to answer those queries, and your ISP has to setup there systems, to forward DNS queries on the static IP.

If you do not understand the aim (not the ability to set it up, just what they acheive), then youy are well over a month away from puttin any of this into action.

Petersen · Post by **Petersen** » Mon May 20, 2002 2:33 pm

On 2002-05-20 08:58, ppslim wrote:

If you are signed up, and using a everyday cable/DSL provider, forget it, they will not be prepered to assign static IP's to your system, and allow RDNS (reverse DNS) control of them.

This is not necessarily true for DSL. If you live in europe, there are plenty of dsl isps that will do this (mine does, and I can think of at least 4 others in england alone - and all of them will assign as many IPs as needed as long as you can justify their use under standard RIPE rules)

ppslim · Post by **ppslim** » Tue May 21, 2002 6:26 am

Unless you are under a different telco than BT, then you will get a max of 8 IP's from them.

This is not at the fault of the ISP's, but the wholsale rules of BT, and there network product.

Petersen · Post by **Petersen** » Tue May 21, 2002 2:43 pm

wrong. bt has nothing to do with the routing - its fully isp based. all bt do is provide the atm interface, and present the dsl to the correct auth server for the isp. once thats done, the auth server itself defines the routing. if it wasn't for it being a dumbass idea, there's nothing stopping them routing a /8 to you if they felt like it.

Ian-Highlander · Post by **Ian-Highlander** » Tue May 21, 2002 5:09 pm

Have to agree with Peterson on this one, the IP ranges are registered to the ISP's who then control the Reverse DNS for those. BT's involvement is simply providing the ADSL link over their ATM network.

However most Uk ISP's wont happily give you a fixed IP without an extra fee, some wont at all, because they use an overbooking ratio on the IP ranges they have, meaning that in theory not all of them are in use at the same time so they dont have to own enough IP's for all their customers, just enough for the average no of users on at any one time.

There are one or two ISP's in the UK who are giving out multiple fixed IP's for a fee at the moment providing you can give valid reasons for wanting them.

Best place to look is on http://www.adslguide.org's forums.

Btw, I work in technical support for an ISP supplying ADSL connections, hence for once I know what I'm talking about lol.

Regards

Ian-Highlander