[Serusers] Ser configuration question

[Jiri Kuthan]

Hello Chris,

in the standard configuration, the constraint from Messenger is that
a DNS name must resolve to server's IP address and the name must
be used as realm. "cavtech.com" should make the job.

-Jiri

At 04:12 AM 1/2/2003, Chris Caviness wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a fixed IP assigned from comcast.net as 68.34.193.70, dns reverse
>resolve is pcp667462pcs.indpnd01.mo.comcast.net. On this address I'm running
>a freeBSD server with named. I've registered my domain as cavtech.com, and
>set this server as it's primary DNS. My DNS resolves cavtech.com as
>68.34.193.70, as well as it's hostname of ctimain. I've added a CNAME in the
>DNS pointing ser.cavtech.com to ctimain. I've also added the _SIP:_UDP SRV
>entry to point to port 5060.
>
>I've added the following to the ser.cfg:
>
>alias="ctimain.cavtech.com"
>alias="cavtech.com"
>alias="ser.cavtech.com"
>
>I've set up MySQL and ser starts normally.
>
>My goal is to have windows messenger authenticate with my server as an
>additional communication server.
>
>My question deals with the www_authorize call. Do I put in the reverse dns
>hostname from comcast.net or do I put in "cavtech.com". Likewise when I set
>up WM, do I put in "cavtech.com" or "ctimain.cavtech.com" or
>"ser.cavtech.com" or the actual revdns hostname? I understand that the realm
>column in the MySQL subscriber base must match whatever host name is
>correct.
>
>I have an additional sipsak problem but I'll wait for the answer to this to
>see if that problem persists.
>
>Thanks.
>
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