Questions tagged [domain]
In Information Technology, a domain can refer to any number of things. At its core it refers to a general area in which a specific type of data exists. Under internet terminology, domain refers to a realm of control on the internet. Under networking terminology, a domain can refer to a group of machines, addresses, or server that all support a common function.
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What is 1e100.net and why do I have TCP ports open to it?
I see my PC has TCP connections open to 1e100.net. Then I checked the whois record and find it is registered to Google. Weird.
A quick search seems to indicate that 1e100.net is pretty popular - ...
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What is the "Search Domains" field for in the tcp/ip DNS settings control panel/preference pane for?
On Mac OS X, if you go to System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> DNS on the left is an area where DHCP DNS resolvers show up, or you can enter in your own to override any that your ...
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Can I monitor a local unix domain socket like tcpdump?
I'd like to monitor responses on a unix socket without disturbing the original connections and pipe them to a script for processing.
I know how to do this with tcpdump for tcp connections but I ...
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How can I find out which user groups my domain user belongs to? [duplicate]
Running Windows 7 on my work PC, how can I check which groups I am a part of on the domain from my PC? I know how to check the local groups using MMC (Microsoft Management Console), just not the ...
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Why does the registered domain name “localtest.me” resolve to 127.0.0.1?
I was reading an article about Server-Side Request Forgery. In that article the attacker found that 127.0.0.1 was open to the internet. The victim then blocked 127.0.0.1, but because many other IPs ...
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How can I add a search domain in Windows 7?
How can I add a search domain in Windows 7?
For example, if I typed mail into a URL, it'd automatically add .google.com when I hit Enter. On my Mac, this is equivalent to going into my network ...
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How to add a domain user to Administrators group in Windows 10
I just reinstalled my work computer to Windows 10 Pro, created a local account, connected to our VPN, joined our domain and logged in with my domain account, no problems so far.
Since the local ...
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Use runas with a domain account on a non-domain machine in Windows 2k/XP/Vista/7
My Windows 7 computer is on LAN in an intranet with a Windows domain, but it is not a member of that domain. However, I need to run some applications under domain accounts while I'm logged on locally ...
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How do I change my windows domain password from Mac OS X?
Macs work well in Windows corporate environments, but a lot of companies require you to change your password after a period of time (3 months for example).
How do you change your Windows domain ...
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.com registration details leaked
I recently registered a .com domain name though a well known registrar. I made the mistake of adding my phone number to the domain.
The domain name is fairly obscure, and I registered it for an ...
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What is the maximum length of a domain name?
According to domain name specifications RFC 1035:
2.3.4. Size limits
names 255 octets or less
According to the SMTP RFC 5321:
4.5.3.1.2. Domain
The maximum total length of a domain name ...
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Where do I enter "domain" in remote desktop
I'm trying to connect to a remote desktop. They gave me
computer name
domain
username
password
Now where/how should I enter "domain"?
If I don't enter any, I can't connect ("your ...
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Can a registered domain name have no DNS records at all?
Normally, after a domain name is registered, it has some DNS records. But recently, I found some registered domain names that have no DNS records.
For example, I ran dig 00000onlinecasino.com any but ...
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Re-joining a computer to domain
I have a problem with a Windows 7 PC that had been a member of the domain. When I try to logon to this PC with domain credentials I get a message similar to
The trust relationship between this ...
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how to hide public ip adress on irc channel
I have public ip address (for example 77.77.77.222). When somebody type /who on irc channel he sees:
[email protected]
How can I hide under a domain? For example [email protected]
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How to get all IPs of a domain?
How can I get all IPs of a domain name, say, www.google.com?
Of course, nslookup and host command will give me IPs of a domain. But what shall I do if I want a list ALL (or, at least a lot more than ...
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Windows Domain Authentication with Firefox
We have many internal web sites on our domain:
a.blah.com
b.bhah.com
c.blah.com
IE authenticates automatically using the currently signed in domain user but fire fox pops up a login box, sometimes ...
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What is a scoped DNS query?
In Mac OS X (Mavericks) I see multiple resolvers, and I don't understand the difference between scoped and non-scoped DNS query resolvers as displayed below:
$ scutil --dns
DNS configuration
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Can a single server be associated with multiple domains?
If I own the x.x.x.x webserver, can I make two separate sites on x.x.x.x/one and x.x.x.x/two and give them two different domains?
How will it handle internal links in the case (es. x.x.x.x/one/foo/...
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How Is It Possible To Send Email Under Our Domain Name
Spammers or someone is sending emails using our domain.
The emails are from a user we didn't create called [email protected].
The email is to [email protected].
The ...
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How does DynamicDNS act immediately?
My understanding of the core functionality of DNS is to provide a naming/mapping service between domain names (e.g. blah-whatever.com) and IP addresses (e.g. 100.2.3.4).
Furthermore, my understanding ...
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Wallpaper in Windows 7 locked down by domain group policy?
I am in a situation where my wallpaper is locked to a specific image on my work computer via group policy. I can't change it via the Personalization settings since it is grayed out and says it has ...
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How to be able to resolve multiple domains using /etc/resolv.conf on Linux?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and I'm trying to ping the following systems:
system0.oldcompany.com
system1.fing.oldcompany.com
system2.newcompany.com
system3.thing.newcompany.com
My resolv.conf
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How to logon to a non-domain computer from one in a domain
I've met a rather annoying problem that should be very simple, but I can't seem to figure it out. I have a work laptop that is part of a domain, so my username is foobar\bob. I also have my home ...
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How to migrate local user to domain user?
I have a local user on my laptop. My company is migrating to a domain setup and I want to migrate the local user to a domain user, with all the settings (desktop, Start menu, programs) intact. How can ...
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Change (not reset!) my own domain user password on command prompt
I've read about the command net user <username> <password> /domain to "change" my domain account password. But this isn't asking for my current password, and I have the impression (...
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How to back up gmail to my computer?
I am using gmail as a part of Google Apps for Domains. I'd like to back up all my email.
I've tried setting up IMAP in Thunderbird and it works reasonably well (except it times out way too much, ...
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Why is there a website needed when having a mail-only domain?
I have bought a domain which should only be used for email addresses.
The SMTP server has the name mail.mydomain.com.
When checking the domain configuration using some web service like mxtoolbox.com, ...
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Is there a way around being required to use GoDaddy as the registrar when using a custom domain with Microsoft 365 Family?
I want to use my own domain with my Microsoft 365 Family plan, but there is no way I am transferring it to GoDaddy. Is there way way around this “requirement” or am I stuck?
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Domain goes to localhost
I have a domain named ejn.nu. On some computers and networks, it sends the user to localhost when it should send the user to my server. When i do "ping", it shows the correct ip for my server and when ...
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What is the difference between a domain and a realm
I couldn't get any clear-cut answer hence asking on this forum. I want to know the difference between domain and realm. I tried looking for it at several places on internet . Are they same, different, ...
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Why can't I access my own web server from my local network?
I have a web server in my home network and I'm using ZoneEdit for dynamic DNS. It's accessible perfectly to everyone outside of my local network, but since I switched to a Gateway 2Wire DSL modem/...
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Restrict Remote Desktop access to specific users to specific servers in a domain environment?
I have a domain controller and I want to allow certain user accounts Remote Desktop access to certain servers in the same domain.
There are many servers that can be accessed via the Remote Desktop ...
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How to interpret output of nmblookup -A
The command
nmblookup -A IP_address
returns, according to the man page, a node status query on this address. A typical output is:
Looking up status of 192.168.253.101
HPB4B52F0559C2 <...
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How to find the last IP used for an expired domain name?
Is it possible to look up the last IP address of an expired domain name?
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Using only AAAA record for a domain?
Can I point a domain to IPv6 only, instead of IPv4 and will it be fully functional? I've searched for a tip on the Internet, but I've found only for using both.
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What about this special domain "to."
Today I saw this special domain and I'm really wondering.
http://to./
How it's possible. Where can I register this type of domains :)
Thank you.
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How to find all domains containing specific string
I want to know which different pedia's exist.
I want a list of all registered domains, which end with pedia.org, pedia.com or pedia.info, (e.g WIKIpedia.org or Anotherpedia.info).
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How can I tell if my domain is on an email blacklist?
All of a sudden, emails I send to my wife's Gmail account are getting rejected as spam:
Message rejected. Please visit http://www.google.com/mail/help/bulk_mail.html to review our Bulk Email ...
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How to delay Windows 7 autologon, so that the Domain will be available?
The registry mods here for setting a Windows 7 AutoAdminLogon on a Domain worked beautifully, except:
The submission of username and password is before the domain server is available to authenticate ...
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Find all current DNS records
I have a domain, its a client's. Their domain needs moving, but the current provider is being difficult/slow in providing details on all the existing DNS records.
Plus I have not been able to get in ...
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How to set up local domain name (.home)?
Assume I have two computers with hostnames pc1 and pc2 in my local network 10.0.0.0/24. My router has the ip address 10.0.0.138 and its instructions say that it is also reachable at modem.home, which ...
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How do I check the domain name for a Mac?
I have Macs on a domain and I want to find out what their PC names are. I went to “System Preferences » Sharing” to look at the name, but in some cases it was blank.
Is there another way to check ...
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How to remotely find out a linux hostname without the use of DNS?
If I want to find out how the hostname of a remote linux machine on my LAN is, how can I achieve this given I don't have access via SSH etc.?
Probably depends if linux is part of a WINS domain I ...
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Getting a free SSL certificate for a subdomain [closed]
I have a sub domain from no-ip.org. I would like to get a free SSL certifcate for my domain. Is this even possible to do for a subdomain and if so what are my options?
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How do I change my Windows domain password when my PC is not on the domain?
How do I change my Windows domain password when my PC is not on the domain?
I know Outlook web access normally provides this option, but that option has been switched off.
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Setting up domain controller on windows 10
I want to setup a Windows domain on Windows 10.
Actually I want to try using Active Directory Services on Windows 10, so it first needs a domain.
I can have another PC to be connected to my PC via ...
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How does the Roaming folder work?
Am I understanding the Roaming folder correctly (C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Roaming)? When I log out from the domain on my PC, it copies everything into the "domain cloud" so to speak. Then when I log ...
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Why don't TLDs resolve?
Why aren't there any services on TLDs?
Is there any particular reason there aren't websites at http://org/ or http://com/ ?
It seems like it would be the ideal place to put information about the ...
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Always open specific domains in a different browser from Firefox
I would like to force specific domains (say facebook or twitter) to always open in Chrome instead of Firefox which is my default browser.
There is an extension called "Open With" which can be used to ...
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