In DNS, can I redirect users to advisory page if they are using oldproxyaddress ?

[Marlon Brown]

This is my goal: we are going to phase "myproxy". In case there are still
users left out with IE proxy settings="myproxy:8888", I would like users to
see a web page that advises then to call the helpdesk to get the new proxy
setting changed. Such web page with the "new web proxy advisory" is set on
182.78.94.212.

I have two DNS Win2003 servers, (primary and secondary).

Question is this:

If I go to the DNS servers and I edit and change the A records for "myproxy
= 182.78.94.212", does that should take care of such redirection ?
Also, I did this as a test last night, and I noticed that the DNS secondary
server did not get updated. Is it OK doing the update manually on the
secondary DNS server ?

 

[Herb Martin]

This is my goal: we are going to phase "myproxy". In case there are still
users left out with IE proxy settings="myproxy:8888", I would like users to
see a web page that advises then to call the helpdesk to get the new proxy
setting changed. Such web page with the "new web proxy advisory" is set on
182.78.94.212.

I have two DNS Win2003 servers, (primary and secondary).

Question is this:

If I go to the DNS servers and I edit and change the A records for "myproxy
= 182.78.94.212", does that should take care of such redirection ?

Yes, but for the whole name/address and it isn't really a redirection,
just the new IP for that machine name.

Presumably you mean myproxy.SomeDomain.Com.

Also, I did this as a test last night, and I noticed that the DNS secondary
server did not get updated. Is it OK doing the update manually on the
secondary DNS server ?

Not by editing. You can manually force the Zone Transfer
(right click etc.) but if the Secondary will not transfer then
you need to fix that.

Permissions on the Primary zone (allow transfers, or specific
TO: addressess etc.)
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