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i'm creating a webserver to host my site.
i have been unable to find a way to hide the ip address from the common user. when the page is returned i want the address bar to reflect
http://www.somehostname.com
instead of
http://www.123.456.789.10/
how can i return a string to the address bar reflecting the url?
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. You obviously can't prevent someone from resolving a domain name to an ip address, nor can you prevent them from connecting using the ip address itself. Nonetheless, if they use the domain name then that should be reflected in the address bar, otherwise the ip address will be displayed. I don't think it's possible to alter what is displayed in the address bar - it probably isn't an accessible part of the DOM (with write attributes, at least, for security reasons). There may be other ways to do it, but those methods would probably be considered 'unscrupulous' by most standards.
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/we...le.php/3473261
Here's a simple introduction to DNS.
There are free domain names still around such as dyndns.
Since it appears this is what you're more referring to I'll leave it at that.
if this is the case, then i have nothing to worry about.Quote:
Nonetheless, if they use the domain name then that should be reflected in the address bar, otherwise the ip address will be displayed.
I don't think so either. I know you can change it with some sneaky redirects, but don't look into that... it's (hopefully) something that'll be fixed eventually anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sebastiani
But yeah, if people use the domain name, that's what'll show up in the address bar. In most browsers, all the name resolution stuff is done in the background and kept hidden. It's not of interst to most users, and those that really need the IP address should know how to get it via other methods.