Ulimit ... A good redirect

[Ghandi Eximius]

I found these guys and I thought it might be helpful to submit them to you guys for approval or use or what ever

http://www.ulimit.com

they have a pop-up, but its in french and its a go behind...not to intrussive at all

[Ghandi Eximius]

Just curious, I always wondered what a DNS is exactly...(I know...this is a silly question, and I should know this, but the truth is I don't, so please help me out :) )

[Ghandi Eximius]

I know about DNS and all of that, what Im confused about is VIRTUAL DNS, what the hell is that all about?

[gangsta]

Originally posted by dbindel
Everything on the internet works using IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, similar to "66.68.187.95". So when you request a domain website (i.e. www.yahoo.com), how does it know which IP address to send the request to? It asks the corresponding DNS server for the IP address.

No that's wrong dbindel :)

Well here is how DNS works:
Every computer has an IP address. It lets us comunicate with other computers that also have an IP address.
You can surf to www.hotmail.com, a URL that most of us know well and is easy to remember.

The protocol has no use with an URL (i.e. www.hotmail.com), it just needs an other IP address where it can comunicate with.
It needs numbers not some text to know where the site is located...

So there is a need for a mechanism that makes sure users can type an URL (i.e. www.hotmail.com) into there browser and wich then translates the hostname in an IP address (i.e. 216.33.238.7) so the TCP/IP protocol can make a connection.
Imagin there would not be such a mechanism...
You would be forced to remember every interesting site with its IP address.
The mechanism that takes care of this is called DNS.

:messedup: What are you talking about?
DNS: Domain Name System
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
URL Uniform Resource Locator