Windows redirect traffic to different DNS name not fixed IP address (hosts file equivalent)
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Published on 2011-02-25T17:17:32Z
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Using the Windows hosts file, one can redirect traffic for a domain to a specific IP address, e.g.
domainA.com --> 127.0.0.1
I am looking for a SIMPLE way to do the same, but for a target domain name not for a target IP address (as this is dynamic), I.e.
domainA.com --> domainB.com
Addition: After the getting some initial answers I think I need to concretise my question.
Situation: I have an application which looks up the IP of the target domain via DNS and then connects via HTTP to the IP address. I do not have control over any proxy settings.
Option 1 Basically I am looking for a way to:
- intercept DNS requests for a domainA.com
- launch a DNS request for a domainB.com
- serve the IP of domainB.com in response to the request for domainA.com
Without running an entire DNS server.
Option 2 If a DNS server is the only way, in the alternative I would also be happy with an solution to how to define a non-standard DNS-server for a single application. Any ideas for wrapper applications, etc?
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