dyn dns & web server problem

From: Michael Powe (michael+gnus_at_trollope.org)
Date: 11/02/03

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    Date: 2 Nov 2003 17:09:00 GMT

    hello,

    i have a domain set up at dyndns.org for my PPPoE dsl connection.
    this works fine & allows me to ssh to the box easily when i'm
    travelling.

    today, i notice the following behavior. if i access a web server on
    that box with the external name, it works fine as long as i specify a
    page name.

    if i specify a directory without a name, however, the domain name
    changes to the local machine name (in the browser address bar). i
    don't like this one bit. although i can't think of a direct way
    anyone could use the internal name of a machine to do something nasty,
    i'm not a hacker. just as importantly, this action renders the
    internal links unusable. while i could certainly change all the hrefs
    to point back at the external name, that is not my preferred solution.

    so, it looks like this.

    http://www.my_dns_name.com/dir/filename.html # works
    http://www.my_dns_name.com/dir/ "redirects" ->
      http://my.internal_machine_name.com/dir

    if "dir" has an index/home file in it, that will be displayed.

    i have no idea what is causing it. is there something in my apache
    config that needs to be set (it's just the default 1.3.27 config, as
    far as i can recall, with the exception that i've configured cgi) or
    is this an artefact of the NAT configuration on the box (done with
    iptables)?

    yes, i know that i shouldn't be running a web server on my firewall.
    it's my only realistic option, right now.

    if anyone could suggest how i can stop this particular behavior from
    occurring, i would much appreciate it. i have some stuff i want to
    put up.

    thanks.

    mp 

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