[Cialug] Faking DNS

[Matthew Nuzum]

Hi, if you need simple testing you can use telnet.

$ telnet 11.22.33.44 80
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: www.my-fake-site.com

(press enter twice)

You can also test SSL from the command line the same way with a little help:
http://www.bearfruit.org/2008/04/17/telnet-for-testing-ssl-https-websites/

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 7:09 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> Say you have a name-based server configuration, .. the only way to test
> a site is to fake your local DNS in order to pass the correct URL in the
> link to the IP of your test server.
>
> That works fine if you are controlling the machine [i.e. edit the hosts
> file and substitute the test IP for that domain name], .. but how do you
> 'give' a URL to the client to view?
>
> Any redirection would break the test as the first time you click a link on
> the test site it would direct to the 'real' site.
>
>        Lee
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