In article <g768g.416082$EI5.11259966@phobos.telenet-ops.be>,
"Pieter Van Daele" <pvd@geenspam.com> wrote:

> When surfing on the www, I regularly use the same domains: .co.uk, co.nz,
> myprovider.extension,...
>
> Is it possible to make a local domain alias?
>
> I know it is possible to make a domain alias for an IP number by editing the
> HOSTS file, but this is not very handy for me, since I have to add all the
> websites I'm visiting.
>
> Example: I want ".prov" to be the alias for "myprovider.com", so if I visit
> "http://www.prov", I got redirected to http://www.myprovider.com. Same for
> http://webmail.prov that will redirect to http://webmail.myprovider.com.
>
> Another example. I want .cu to be the alias for .co.uk, so I can reach
> http://www.company.co.uk by http://www.company.cu
>
> This should be local. Of course, I don't think a global solution is possible
> ;-)

Run a nameserver such as BIND on your machine, and create DNAME records
that map the domain aliases you want.

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