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OpenLDAP, Samba and password aging

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I wrote my own OpenLDAP overlay called shadowlastchange to update the shadowLastChange attribute whenever an EXOP password change occurs. It is activated in slapd.conf: moduleload smbk5pwd moduleload shadowlastchange … database bdb … overlay smbk5pwd overlay shadowlastchange I have configured smb.conf to change passwords via EXOP: ldap passwd sync = Only Then, for each account, set … Read more

Will I lose my .fr second-level domain once I am no longer a resident of Europe?

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Although I wouldn’t be surprised if in practice the registration requirements are only checked on registration and not for renewals, you don’t have to lose your domain when you leave Europe. A number of registrars provide trustee services that allow the registration of a .FR domain to people/organisations that don’t qualify directly and your domain … Read more

Does transferring a domain transfers DNS records?

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Generally, no. It’s important to understand that the domain only references a nameserver; the DNS records aren’t actually stored with the domain registration at all. When you transfer a domain name, most gaining registrars will leave the nameserver associated with the domain unchanged, so your DNS records will keep working as long as your DNS … Read more

How can I find the WHOIS server for any TLD? [closed]

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There are several well-known ways of locating whois servers for TLDs, the IANA database is probably the closest to what the question asks for, however there are other sources that may be more useful in practice. From IANA (access via whois and http) Browse http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db or search the whois database at whois.iana.org for the TLD. … Read more

How come com can’t be resolved?

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They do depend on com. – but it does not have an A record and you can’t look it up like that. Try looking for the NS record instead: nslookup > set type=NS > com. Server: 12.12.12.12 Address: 12.12.12.12#53 Non-authoritative answer: com nameserver = b.gtld-servers.net. com nameserver = f.gtld-servers.net. com nameserver = j.gtld-servers.net. com nameserver … Read more

Is the hostname part of HTTP(S) URLs truly case-insensitive?

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Yes, the hostname really is case-insensitive, as specified in RFC 3986 ยง 3.2.2, because hostnames in general are case-insensitive in the DNS. This RFC also gives recommendations on how to avoid the problems you mentioned: Although host is case-insensitive, producers and normalizers should use lowercase for registered names and hexadecimal addresses for the sake of … Read more

What is a cookie-free domain?

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A domain that serves no cookies. The idea here is that you use a cookie-free domain to serve images, CSS files, scripts and whatnot, so that your users don’t waste time and bandwidth transmitting cookies for them. SO uses sstatic.net for the purpose, for example. The main reason the concept is of any note is … Read more

Why doesn’t Kosovo have its own ccTLD yet? [closed]

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ICANN explains this pretty well in their blog (https://www.icann.org/news/blog/abkhazia-kosovo-south-ossetia-transnistria-my-oh-my): As at this time, Abkhazia, Kosovo, Transnistria, Somaliland, South Ossetia and others are not in the ISO 3166-1 standard, so ICANN is not in a position to grant any corresponding country-code domain for them. By strictly adhering to the ISO 3166-1 standard, we ensure that ICANN … Read more