I am curious about something. How

[rninja]

I am curious about something.
How does one get around the port blocking maneuvers of local ISP's?
Is there a way to say set port 200 as the webserver port (instead of 80), and have a dns server resolve a domain (

http://www.mydomain.com)

to an ip address and port 200?

Since port 80 is being blocked now by many cable/dsl providers, there should be another way to access the webserver without having to type into a webbrowser ,

http://www.mydomain.com:200.

I would appreciate it if someone has an answer for this!

Thanks in advance! Rninja

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[Karl Blessing]

Hrm not that I know of, because your DNS just resolves IP addresses, I do not belive it resolves port numbers. Meaning the Machine connecting to you is going to have to send out a request of port 80, otherwise they might have difficulties with their webbrowsers.

I might sugest if you can to get a dedicated hosting if you need to. Also have to talked to your ISP about this issue, they might be able to do something if they can verify it's legitamacy. Otherwise if you try to reroute ports, etc you might be in breach of your ISP's contract (like no hosting web servers, ftp servers, etc on line) some ISPs instead of just port blocking, they also restrict your upload bandwidth to around 15K (which is only slightly better than dialup, ISDN at the most) Karl Blessing aka kb244{fastHACK}

 

[Wullie]

Hi,

You can do this but I think you may need to use some kind of port routing software..(Someone correct me if I'm wrong)

I think that DNS2GO provide this service..

http://dns2go.deerfield.com/

Hope this helps Wullie

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[ifincham]

Hi,

wullie is right - the only way for this to work is for a port swap to occur after leaving the client browser (on 80) and before arriving at your ISP.

dns2go do this -->

http://dns2go.deerfield.com/features/#portrel

as do other dynamic dns providers - e.g. -->

http://www.myserver.org/basicrelay.asp

Regards

 

[rninja]

Thanks Guys!
I was just hoping there would be a free service that did this, in a similar way that dynamic dns services work and by using a FQDN.

Rninja Rninja

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[mithrilhall]

http://www.no-ip.com

is free and they do exactly what you want. I have my webserver running on port 8000 and I have a dynamic IP. I downloaded their free software and it checks my IP address every min. to make sure it matches the address of my webpage.

 

[Wullie]

Hi,

Thats ok if you want one of their domains but you have to pay to use your own domain, even if it is a personal site..

Fair enough, it is not expensive but I have seen many services that do this for free.. DNS2GO at present allow personal domains free.

Hope this helps Wullie

http://www.searchit-now.co.uk

http://www.survivorhelp.co.uk

http://www.freshlookdesign.co.uk

 

[rninja]

Alright, Let me go check out DNS2Go then...
Thanks again! Rninja

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