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Rich On Butthook Distress
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Crossposted to:
sci.electronics.design: because that's where the smart people hang
out, and I like to pretend that they put up with my BS,
alt.os.linux.slackware: because I'd like to think that one of these
days, when I learn all of this stuff, I'll be a Slackor,
comp.os.linux.networking: because it's about networking.
So, anyways, I had been exploiting verizon's DHCP (dynamic host
configuration protocol) server, where I'm paying for a dynamic IP.
Well, when I first started out with them, it turned out that I could
plug a hub or switch into the DSL modem, and practically all of the
computers on the whole network into the hub, and they'd _all_ get a
dynamic IP. And every time one of the computers got its lease renewed,
it was the same dynamic IP per computer.
So I got on the voice phone, and I asked them: "According to this
broadcast address and netmask, I could plug TWO THOUSAND COMPUTERS
into this DSL and they'd '_all_' get their own IP?" And the support
person at Verizon said, "Yup, it kinda looks like that."
This was back when I was asking about configuring my server/router -
I really don't know what to call the box - it's a Linux box that uses
masquerading to serve up the rest of the computers. So I've got seven
computers and an HP plotter on the 10.0.0.* subnet, and Samba makes
it look to the dozers like just another drive. (when I tell them,
"OK, see this button up here? 'map network drive'? OK, click that,
call it S: [for 'server', isn't that clever?], and click OK. Oh,
yeah - your username is 'user' and your password is 'pass'. That's
a Security Thing.", I sorta laugh up my sleeve at the Dozers.)
But I started plugging other computers into the hub, and they were
getting their own dynamic IPs, which never changed, so I fielded a
couple of websites. I was drunk and had money in the bank, so I
registered neodruid.com, neodruid.net, and neodruid.org.
Now, last week the plant manager called me up at 4 AM and said,
"Howcome I can't get on the internet?"
I started investigating. I've got three computers in my office:
Ops, which is the Samba server and network masquerader; Thunderbird,
my main work computer, which I'm at right now; and Daphne, where I
was hosting neodruid.com and neodruid.net, and had the built-in eth0
and a plug-in (PCI?) eth1 plugged into the hub, and was maintaining
four, count'em, four dynamic IPs with full-on websites. (not that
any of them have any content that anybody'd be interested in.)
Well, after a year or so of this, somebody at Verizon seems to have
clued up.
One dynamic IP apparently now means ONE IP.
But all is not lost! There's a free nameserver, http://www.zoneedit.com ,
that has an almost unbelievable feature: they call it "cloaking".
It's used with "Web Forwarding". I have http://www.mustangengr.com
(which is a completely blank page, at the behest of the PHB) on
http://www.abiengr.com:8000 .
So, I was thinking, "Geez. How much of a PITA is it going to be to
learn NAT (network address translation) PLUS find what other ports
are available?"
But then it dawned on me - I'd read http://www.zoneedit.com 's
FAQ, and it turns out that they do "cloaking". I'd been busting
my hump going through the Apache docs trying to figure out how
to make, for example, www.mustangengr.com show up in the browser's
window when the customers are actually at www.abiengr.com:8000 .
Heh. Cloaking does exactly that!
So, I thought I'd do a little experiment: I made a subdir at
http://www.abiengr.com/~sysop and put a little index.html there,
told http://www.zoneedit.com to redirect neodruid.org to that
page, and cloak it.
It worked.
So, this is a rave for www.zoneedit.com, and It's FREE! According
to their FAQ, "Why do you do this for free?" "We think that if you
like our services, that you might be interested in our premium
services, which is, of course, where we will get your money." You
get FIVE names FREE. Over and above that, they want you to pay a
few bucks.
I don't work for them and in no way am I associated with them other
than that I'm one very, very, very happy customer of their free
nameserver service.
Oh, and I'm posting from butthook distress, through masquerading
and rc.firewall that I downloaded somewhere - I'll look it up
when I get done with my stupid video games and eye candy and
reboot to the Proper Operating System, Slackware 10.0 - The
_Real_ Perfect Ten!
Cheers!
Rich
--
Actually, when windoze is functioning, it isn't really all that
bad, for those of us who like eye candy. Interestingly, either
rc.firewall is blocking windows update or I've already been
rooted. Heh.
sci.electronics.design: because that's where the smart people hang
out, and I like to pretend that they put up with my BS,
alt.os.linux.slackware: because I'd like to think that one of these
days, when I learn all of this stuff, I'll be a Slackor,
comp.os.linux.networking: because it's about networking.
So, anyways, I had been exploiting verizon's DHCP (dynamic host
configuration protocol) server, where I'm paying for a dynamic IP.
Well, when I first started out with them, it turned out that I could
plug a hub or switch into the DSL modem, and practically all of the
computers on the whole network into the hub, and they'd _all_ get a
dynamic IP. And every time one of the computers got its lease renewed,
it was the same dynamic IP per computer.
So I got on the voice phone, and I asked them: "According to this
broadcast address and netmask, I could plug TWO THOUSAND COMPUTERS
into this DSL and they'd '_all_' get their own IP?" And the support
person at Verizon said, "Yup, it kinda looks like that."
This was back when I was asking about configuring my server/router -
I really don't know what to call the box - it's a Linux box that uses
masquerading to serve up the rest of the computers. So I've got seven
computers and an HP plotter on the 10.0.0.* subnet, and Samba makes
it look to the dozers like just another drive. (when I tell them,
"OK, see this button up here? 'map network drive'? OK, click that,
call it S: [for 'server', isn't that clever?], and click OK. Oh,
yeah - your username is 'user' and your password is 'pass'. That's
a Security Thing.", I sorta laugh up my sleeve at the Dozers.)
But I started plugging other computers into the hub, and they were
getting their own dynamic IPs, which never changed, so I fielded a
couple of websites. I was drunk and had money in the bank, so I
registered neodruid.com, neodruid.net, and neodruid.org.
Now, last week the plant manager called me up at 4 AM and said,
"Howcome I can't get on the internet?"
I started investigating. I've got three computers in my office:
Ops, which is the Samba server and network masquerader; Thunderbird,
my main work computer, which I'm at right now; and Daphne, where I
was hosting neodruid.com and neodruid.net, and had the built-in eth0
and a plug-in (PCI?) eth1 plugged into the hub, and was maintaining
four, count'em, four dynamic IPs with full-on websites. (not that
any of them have any content that anybody'd be interested in.)
Well, after a year or so of this, somebody at Verizon seems to have
clued up.
One dynamic IP apparently now means ONE IP.
But all is not lost! There's a free nameserver, http://www.zoneedit.com ,
that has an almost unbelievable feature: they call it "cloaking".
It's used with "Web Forwarding". I have http://www.mustangengr.com
(which is a completely blank page, at the behest of the PHB) on
http://www.abiengr.com:8000 .
So, I was thinking, "Geez. How much of a PITA is it going to be to
learn NAT (network address translation) PLUS find what other ports
are available?"
But then it dawned on me - I'd read http://www.zoneedit.com 's
FAQ, and it turns out that they do "cloaking". I'd been busting
my hump going through the Apache docs trying to figure out how
to make, for example, www.mustangengr.com show up in the browser's
window when the customers are actually at www.abiengr.com:8000 .
Heh. Cloaking does exactly that!
So, I thought I'd do a little experiment: I made a subdir at
http://www.abiengr.com/~sysop and put a little index.html there,
told http://www.zoneedit.com to redirect neodruid.org to that
page, and cloak it.
It worked.
So, this is a rave for www.zoneedit.com, and It's FREE! According
to their FAQ, "Why do you do this for free?" "We think that if you
like our services, that you might be interested in our premium
services, which is, of course, where we will get your money." You
get FIVE names FREE. Over and above that, they want you to pay a
few bucks.
I don't work for them and in no way am I associated with them other
than that I'm one very, very, very happy customer of their free
nameserver service.
Oh, and I'm posting from butthook distress, through masquerading
and rc.firewall that I downloaded somewhere - I'll look it up
when I get done with my stupid video games and eye candy and
reboot to the Proper Operating System, Slackware 10.0 - The
_Real_ Perfect Ten!
Cheers!
Rich
--
Actually, when windoze is functioning, it isn't really all that
bad, for those of us who like eye candy. Interestingly, either
rc.firewall is blocking windows update or I've already been
rooted. Heh.