: How to forward a [sub]domain to another address? (not just HTTP!) I have bought domain1.me from GoDaddy... (yeah, I know... but ME domain registrars seemed quite hard to find...) I'm mainly hosted

@Margaret670

For the why, it would depend on how they're redirecting.

If it's truly a HTTP Redirect then it can only redirect HTTP.

If they're doing port forwarding or an equivalent, they'd have to specify a port or port range to forward and it's generally considered more secure to limit it to specifically the ports you want. I'm guessing the vast majority of people only need HTTP(S). Maybe if you contact them they can make a special case for you.

If they're just pointing DNS records, it should just work as far as I know.


What are you guys doing to be able to
host stuff from home (HTTP, SSH, SVN,
Git, etc. etc.) using a domain name to
prevent everyone to have to remember
your IP???


I generally don't. I keep my source control and FTP etc with my hosting provider and that generally works well for me.

Before I had a hosting provider (aka back when I was a broke high school student) I used No-IP to get a free subdomain pointing to my machine. If you don't need to use your own domain (i.e. it's just your friends or something) then you could go that route. They might have a paid solution that lets you use your own domain, but I haven't used any of their paid stuff, so I can't say for sure.

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@Jamie184

I just point the dns for the hostname to my home ip address. I have to repoint it when it changes - but that isn't very often.

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