Domain Registration through spedific port? 1

[progolf069]

Greetings,

It sure has been awhile since I posted any questions!

I have a simple question for you web guru's. I have my Linux 9 Apache web server up and running right now, and would like to assign a domain name (web name) to my server. The problem is that I am running my server on a cable internet account and do not want to run under port 80. Currently I am running behind port 953 (just a random number that I assigned).

The problem is that all the domain registers automatically direct to port 80 for your given IP address.

My question is, do you know of any domain registration services that will allow me to register my IP address to forward to port 953 instead of the default port 80?

Bottom line, I am looking for a provider that when

http://www.ianwickline.com

is typed in, it will not go to

http://12.434.242.234:80/

but get redirected to

http://12.434.242.234:953/

is there are provider out there that will allow me to do this?
Any feedback that you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

 

[sleipnir214]

Web browsers don't go to port 80 for HTTP because a DNS server tells them to. Web browsers go to port 80 for HTTP because that is the default port for that service. All DNS does is tell the browser that

http://www.foo.com

can be found at IP address 1.2.3.4.

What has to happen is that a service provider sets up a browser redirection on their server. The DNS for your domain points to their server. When users attempt to go to your domain, the service provider's server redirects the browser to your IP and non-blocked port.

Here's one place:

http://www.dyndns.org/services/mywebhop/

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