Is anyone aware of a public wildcard domain name that resolves to IP address 127.0.0.1. For example if I wanted to test a URL locally such as mywebsite.localhost.com or example.localhost.com but I don't have control of DNS settings (hosts file or whatever) then I would use this public DNS to resolve to 127.0.0.1. It needs to be wildcarded so that no matter whatever comes before localhost.com it still resolves to 127.0.0.1.
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Why not using the literal IP address in the URL?
http://127.0.0.1/(old IPv4)http://[::1]/(new IPv6)
bortzmeyer
2009-10-14 07:02:41
My particular problem is I'm using host headers in IIS. In addition I'm working on portal software which displays different content based on the URL requested.
Rahul
2009-10-14 17:07:53
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If you are using Windows DNS, you can create a new zone, then you DnsCmd to add A records for @ and *.
dnscmd /RecordAdd local * 3600 A 127.0.0.1
dnscmd /RecordAdd local @ 3600 A 127.0.0.1
Hafthor
2009-10-14 20:17:42
+1
A:
If nothing else, you could just register a domain for yourself and set it up so that's how it behaves.
Karl
2009-10-14 20:27:17
+1
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somesite.com is the first one I knew about, however I found a whole bunch here
http://www.websiteoutlook.com/www.somesite.com
Check the 20 other sites point to 127.0.0.1. I have no idea how long these sites will stay pointing to 127.0.0.1.
Billy Foss
2009-11-19 21:54:23
+1
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You can go to http://afraid.org and register one.. You can get free domains(well subdomains, but you have complete control over A and NS and such records) and point one at 127.0.0.1. They support wild-cards
Earlz
2009-11-19 21:56:13
@Earlz :) 127.0.0.1 is not the universal IP address to Rahul's house. That would resolve to local host on the DNS server at afraid.org.
orokusaki
2010-03-09 06:23:25
@oro What he is looking for then is a dynamic IP service. I understood from the question that he wanted just a domain that pointed at 127.0.0.1 which would be the IP of the person that is browsing the domain.
Earlz
2010-03-09 16:35:51
@Earlz Give that a try and see how it works. Look up how DNS works, and you'll understand why it's impossible.
orokusaki
2010-03-10 03:19:18
Why would it be impossible.. It's just a pointer, it's very well possible to have an A record pointing to 127.0.0.1.
Arda Xi
2010-07-02 12:49:21
+1
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Your hosts file in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc ought to be able to do this, just add one single line like this:
127.0.0.1 www.mydomain.com
Additionally, use a server like apache or a program with it like wamp, and just go to http://localhost
Cyclone
2009-11-19 22:04:35
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It looks like *.127-0-0-1.org.uk will do what you need.
http://www.ecclestoad.co.uk/blog/2006/08/25/dns_entry_pointing_to_localhost.html
Examples:
loudej
2010-04-27 05:21:25