Why ALIAS-type DNS Records Break The Internet

Re:Why ALIAS-type DNS Records Break The Internet by Xylakant on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @07:36AM (#7023093)

To redirect to www.example.org I need a server listening at example.org. If I have www.example.org on heroku because I don't want to run a server, I suddenly need a server just for that redirect that I need to have because I don't want to run a server.

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Re:Why ALIAS-type DNS Records Break The Internet by zimbatm on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @07:52AM (#7023149)

Or just use http://wwwizer.com/

EDIT: Or use DNSMadeEasy, they provide HTTP redirect options as part of their service (although I wish the default option would not be to wrap the target URL in an iframe...)

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Re:Why ALIAS-type DNS Records Break The Internet by toomuchtodo on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @11:00AM (#7024261)

Or use an S3 bucket with a redirect.

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Re:Why ALIAS-type DNS Records Break The Internet by JoachimSchipper on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @07:41AM (#7023115)

But there's already a non-Heroku server running for that domain, i.e. the one serving DNS requests. That server can be re-purposed to do HTTP-level redirects, too, and indeed many name server operators offer that feature.

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