Forwarding / Masking Question
So ive searched the forums here and I've found a bunch of answers to most of my questions... however I'm still having an issue with my website masking.
I built a site for my mothers store http://walnutandvine.com
However when you go to the site it shows my mac address.
I bought the domain through godaddy... and under the forwarding section I enabled Masking and set my Masking Title to www.walnutandvine.com
I also setup some Masking Meta Tags and keyword tags.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong... any help would be great.
I also have the site setup through zoneedit.com not sure if that tidbit of info helps.
Oh and under Forwarding what is 301 Moved Permanetly and 302 Moved Temporarily?
Thanks again
Forwarding tells the domain what url to display.
I believe what you are need to look at is "cname"
You should be able to find related posts.
Also there is information here:
[http://alyeska.altervista.org/en/iWeb_FAQ.html]
With godaddy you can do it yourself in your account area.
They also have good support.
Actually the above url has a specific reference to godaddy setup.
good luck
Message was edited by: Chuck Usher
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*** Config ****
ASA Version 8.2(5)
hostname RyansFirewall
enable password C5OQraC02mISnP8p encrypted
passwd 3mBdM08UO1apR0bB encrypted
names
name 192.168.1.130 theking
name 192.168.1.240 wap
name 192.168.1.252 cam
name 192.168.1.253 switch
name 192.168.1.150 xbox
name x.x.x.x vpnreactor
name x.x.x.x HSoftware
name x.x.x.x Mom_and_Dad
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description Connection_to_Cable_Modem
switchport access vlan 10
interface Ethernet0/1
description Cisco_Catalyst_2960
interface Ethernet0/2
interface Ethernet0/3
shutdown
interface Ethernet0/4
shutdown
interface Ethernet0/5
description Guest_Wireless
switchport access vlan 20
interface Ethernet0/6
shutdown
interface Ethernet0/7
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description Private_Internal_Lan
nameif inside
security-level 100
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interface Vlan10
description WOW_Internet
nameif outside
security-level 0
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interface Vlan20
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nameif dmz
security-level 30
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port-object eq 587
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timeout sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00 sip-invite 0:03:00 sip-disconnect 0:02:00
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*** Show Access List ****
RyansFirewall# show access-list outside_access_in
access-list outside_access_in; 19 elements; name hash: 0x6892a938
access-list outside_access_in line 1 extended permit tcp object-group outside_ip_group any eq 1024 0xf13a69fb
access-list outside_access_in line 1 extended permit tcp host HSoftware any eq 1024 (hitcnt=0) 0xc8c42900
access-list outside_access_in line 1 extended permit tcp host Mom_and_Dad any eq 1024 (hitcnt=0) 0x7e777675
access-list outside_access_in line 2 extended permit tcp any any eq 3389 (hitcnt=7451) 0x51a647d7
access-list outside_access_in line 3 extended permit tcp any any eq ftp (hitcnt=11) 0x8d0d5aac
access-list outside_access_in line 4 extended permit gre host vpnreactor host theking (hitcnt=0) 0x894a4bbb
access-list outside_access_in line 5 extended permit tcp host vpnreactor host theking eq pptp (hitcnt=0) 0xcb0322a8
access-list outside_access_in line 6 extended permit icmp any any echo-reply (hitcnt=563) 0x54b872f3
access-list outside_access_in line 7 extended permit icmp any any time-exceeded (hitcnt=703) 0x03690eb3
access-list outside_access_in line 8 extended permit icmp any any unreachable (hitcnt=7408) 0x5c2fa603
access-list outside_access_in line 9 extended permit tcp object-group outside_ip_group any eq 5900 0xe88875b2
access-list outside_access_in line 9 extended permit tcp host HSoftware any eq 5900 (hitcnt=0) 0x2208e16f
access-list outside_access_in line 9 extended permit tcp host Mom_and_Dad any eq 5900 (hitcnt=0) 0xa3aaaedd
access-list outside_access_in line 10 extended permit tcp any any object-group Email_Ports 0x91529965
access-list outside_access_in line 10 extended permit tcp any any eq imap4 (hitcnt=17) 0x53d153bd
access-list outside_access_in line 10 extended permit tcp any any eq 465 (hitcnt=0) 0x4d992f5e
access-list outside_access_in line 10 extended permit tcp any any eq 587 (hitcnt=0) 0x734d200d
access-list outside_access_in line 10 extended permit tcp any any eq 993 (hitcnt=0) 0xb91930a9
access-list outside_access_in line 11 extended permit udp any any object-group Email_Ports 0xe12dbb9d
access-list outside_access_in line 11 extended permit udp any any eq 143 (hitcnt=0) 0x34d1c49d
access-list outside_access_in line 11 extended permit udp any any eq 465 (hitcnt=0) 0x5cc4b908
access-list outside_access_in line 11 extended permit udp any any eq 587 (hitcnt=0) 0x6e3b53a3
access-list outside_access_in line 11 extended permit udp any any eq 993 (hitcnt=0) 0x7f9dd9b7Hi Riyasat,
Here is the result of the command. I'm a little confused though as it said it passed through although this port is still not open to my inside host.
RyansFirewall# packet-tracer input outside tcp 8.8.8.8 465 Outside_IP 465 detailed
Phase: 1
Type: UN-NAT
Subtype: static
Result: ALLOW
Config:
static (inside,outside) tcp interface 465 theking 465 netmask 255.255.255.255
match tcp inside host theking eq 465 outside any
static translation to Outside_IP/465
translate_hits = 0, untranslate_hits = 2
Additional Information:
NAT divert to egress interface inside
Untranslate Outside_IP/465 to theking/465 using netmask 255.255.255.255
Phase: 2
Type: ACCESS-LIST
Subtype: log
Result: ALLOW
Config:
access-group outside_access_in in interface outside
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any any eq 465
Additional Information:
Forward Flow based lookup yields rule:
in id=0xd863ac20, priority=12, domain=permit, deny=false
hits=9, user_data=0xd613bd70, cs_id=0x0, flags=0x0, protocol=6
src ip=0.0.0.0, mask=0.0.0.0, port=0
dst ip=0.0.0.0, mask=0.0.0.0, port=465, dscp=0x0
Phase: 3
Type: IP-OPTIONS
Subtype:
Result: ALLOW
Config:
Additional Information:
Forward Flow based lookup yields rule:
in id=0xd7de9018, priority=0, domain=inspect-ip-options, deny=true
hits=20003, user_data=0x0, cs_id=0x0, reverse, flags=0x0, protocol=0
src ip=0.0.0.0, mask=0.0.0.0, port=0
dst ip=0.0.0.0, mask=0.0.0.0, port=0, dscp=0x0
Phase: 4
Type: NAT
Subtype: host-limits
Result: ALLOW
Config:
nat (outside) 1 access-list outside_access_in
match tcp outside any outside any eq 3389
dynamic translation to pool 1 (Outside_IP [Interface PAT])
translate_hits = 0, untranslate_hits = 0
Additional Information:
Forward Flow based lookup yields rule:
in id=0xd7e62278, priority=2, domain=host, deny=false
hits=25913, user_data=0xd7e61e60, cs_id=0x0, reverse, flags=0x0, protocol=0
src ip=0.0.0.0, mask=0.0.0.0, port=0
dst ip=0.0.0.0, mask=0.0.0.0, port=0, dscp=0x0
Phase: 5
Type: HOST-LIMIT
Subtype:
Result: ALLOW
Config:
Additional Information:
Forward Flow based lookup yields rule:
in id=0xd7debf90, priority=0, domain=host-limit, deny=false
hits=143, user_data=0x0, cs_id=0x0, flags=0x0, protocol=0
src ip=0.0.0.0, mask=0.0.0.0, port=0
dst ip=0.0.0.0, mask=0.0.0.0, port=0, dscp=0x0
Phase: 6
Type: NAT
Subtype: rpf-check
Result: ALLOW
Config:
static (inside,outside) tcp interface 465 theking 465 netmask 255.255.255.255
match tcp inside host theking eq 465 outside any
static translation to Outside_IP/465
translate_hits = 0, untranslate_hits = 2
Additional Information:
Forward Flow based lookup yields rule:
out id=0xd7e84380, priority=5, domain=nat-reverse, deny=false
hits=3, user_data=0xd7e58b08, cs_id=0x0, flags=0x0, protocol=6
src ip=0.0.0.0, mask=0.0.0.0, port=0
dst ip=theking, mask=255.255.255.255, port=465, dscp=0x0
Phase: 7
Type: NAT
Subtype: host-limits
Result: ALLOW
Config:
static (inside,outside) tcp interface 3389 theking 3389 netmask 255.255.255.255
match tcp inside host theking eq 3389 outside any
static translation to 0.0.0.0/3389
translate_hits = 0, untranslate_hits = 107
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Reverse Flow based lookup yields rule:
in id=0xd7e70e30, priority=5, domain=host, deny=false
hits=1642, user_data=0xd7e6c678, cs_id=0x0, reverse, flags=0x0, protocol=0
src ip=theking, mask=255.255.255.255, port=0
dst ip=0.0.0.0, mask=0.0.0.0, port=0, dscp=0x0
Phase: 8
Type: IP-OPTIONS
Subtype:
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Config:
Additional Information:
Reverse Flow based lookup yields rule:
in id=0xd7d9e160, priority=0, domain=inspect-ip-options, deny=true
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src ip=0.0.0.0, mask=0.0.0.0, port=0
dst ip=0.0.0.0, mask=0.0.0.0, port=0, dscp=0x0
Phase: 9
Type: FLOW-CREATION
Subtype:
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Additional Information:
New flow created with id 31012, packet dispatched to next module
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snp_fp_tracer_drop
snp_fp_inspect_ip_options
snp_fp_tcp_normalizer
snp_fp_translate
snp_fp_adjacency
snp_fp_fragment
snp_ifc_stat
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snp_fp_inspect_ip_options
snp_fp_translate
snp_fp_tcp_normalizer
snp_fp_adjacency
snp_fp_fragment
snp_ifc_stat
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input-interface: outside
input-status: up
input-line-status: up
output-interface: inside
output-status: up
output-line-status: up
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Opacity is set to 50%
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When I select a brush and try to reveal some of the colored elements below nothing happens.
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OS 10.5.8, PSCS4Hi Sonny
Michael has some good insight into this.
No matter what, these topics are definitely hard to grasp and I too have struggled with how does all the transparency, selections, layer masks, alpha channels all work together (or not) and the differences between all these names and their function. My experience is how learning works for one person may do nothing for another. Thought I would give it a shot based on my understanding. Sorry if this is wordy yet you ask very good and tough questions.
First for the Transparency/Opacity
When you create a feathered selection and fill it over a transparent background you effectively have created a transparency mask for that layer right within the artwork. The fuzzy edge is the transition from full 100% opacity (transparency = 0) within the red square to 0% opacity outside the square (transparency=100%). This defines one of the two transparency masks that each level can have. The transparency mask does not get a lot of press because a thumbnail for it does not show up anywhere. The second mask is the Layer Mask. The total opacity is determined by multiplying the Layer Mask with the Transparency Mask (ignoring the opacity/fill sliders and Blending Options). The effective total opacity for the layer is seen as familiar checkerboard pattern.
When you pressed CMD (Ctrl on PC) and clicked the artwork thumbnail, you pulled up the transparency mask up as a selection (I'll talk about the marching ants and the hard edge it portrays later on). By copying this selection into the Layer Mask you now have effectively double masked your artwork (Layer Mask X Transparency Mask). The transparency mask still sits within the artwork and is now duplicated as a Layer Mask. This will make the total mask look like it has shrunk. Why?.... Right in the middle of the transition edge of either mask you will have 50% opacity. When you double up on the masks that same point will now have 50% x 50% = 25% opacity. The bottom line is the the opacity edge will go through a steeper and faster transition when you have this doubling up of masks.
If that is not what you want there are several ways to avoid this
1) Just don't use a layer mask since the red object is already created with a smooth transparent edge within a transparent field (why do you want the layer mask?)
2) Create the initial selection with a hard edge, move it into a layer mask, select it and then Select>Refine Edge for the Layer Mask to create a smooth transition.
Either way you won't double up on the masks.
Selection Mask
The selection mask is its own beast and not associated with any particular layer. Think of it as a mask that hovers over the entire layer stack and that it can be applied to whichever layer is active (highlighted). The selection mask with its marching ants gives the impression that it has a hard edge. This is misleading because anytime you have any feathering you are creating a mask with a gradual transition or a mask that on the edges has partial opacity/transparency. Almost all the selection tools have the ability to do feathering.
Unfortunately tyring to represent the mask edge is problematic when it is not a sharp transition. The marching ants just represents the point in the feathering where the partial transparency of the selection =50%. When you have no feathering the edge is sharp and the marching ants are exactly right on top of that edge. Other than that, the marching ants are somewhere in the middle of the edge transistion.
Clear as mud right?
Hope that helps
John Wheeler -
Iplanet/Servlet Forwarding Issue/Question
Scenario:
A directory is protected using Iplanet web server access control (Iplanet Directory Server). User accesses the directory and enters valid user name and password. User is authenticated OK. The file is then posted to a servlet which does a forward to another page in the same directory. The page is not displayed due to a problem with authentication. Code to forward is as follows:
getServletConfig().getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher(response.encodeURL(pageName)).forward(request,response);
I check request.getUserPrincipal().getName() and
request.getRemoteUser(). The first returns the username that iWS is running under, the second returns
null. Is there a correct way of doing this to avoid the forward from failing.requiem wrote:
Question to BT
Hello i have recently joined BT Infinity and have hit the issue of the Port Forwarding not working. My HH3 is on the following version of software. Will this version automatically upgrade to the latest version of firmware and will this fix my port forwarding issue?.........
Thank you
Dean.
Current firmware:
V100R001C01B031SP09_L_B
Last updated:
Unknown
Hi Dean
By the look of it you've got the type B version of the HH3 with current firmware.
From http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13073
The latest versions of the firmware are:
BT Home Hub 3 – Software version 4.7.5.1.83.8.57.1.3 (Type A) or V100R001C01B031SP09_L_B
Please Click On any Text in Blue as that automatically links to information.
PC (NDEGR) -
Animated mask question.
When i try to test a simple animated mask using test movie command, it looks like my animation stops on frame 1. Anyone seen this before?
Thanks, MikeThank you for all the input. I think I may have stumbled onto the the problem. For some reason, if I use a merge object for my mask object everything works fine. I was using multiple drawing objects for the mask. Apparently that's not allowed.
Thanks to all of you who gave my problem some thought.
Mike -
External Phone Number Mask Question
We have several phones with NonDID number on them. Our route pattern is setup to use an external phone number mask of the sites main number (1112223333). However on two of the phones, we would like to have a different number displayed (1112224444). We have tried to do this by entering this number (1112224444) into the extranal phone number mask of the DN on the 2 phone. This did not work, the main number (1112223333) is still being displayed (caller ID).
We know that we can just remove the external phone number mask from the route pattern and then enter one (external phone number mask) into every dn. But, is there an easlier way to accomplsish this (there are currently 50 phones at this site)?Unless the checkbox for use the external calling party number is checked in the RP it's useless to set it on the phone.
You're sending the main number because most likely the checkbox is unchecked and as you mentioned you have hardcoded that mask.
Other than copying the RP, creating new partition and modifying CSS from those 2 phones, I would just check the checkbox on the RP and use BAT to change the external calling party mask on the DNs.
HTH
java
If this helps, please rate
www.cisco.com/go/pdihelpdesk -
Hi All, ready for a quick mask question from a newbie ;-) ?
When I make a quick mask selection, it becomas "red-ish" as it suppose to. When I leave quick mask mode however, the painted area does not become a visible (yes I checked the correct option dialogue box, I guess, according to a friend) selected area though. But when I make any adjustment, eg color saturation, it only affects the area I selected in the quick mask mode, which I cannot see except for the adjustment. How on earth did I manage to make this happen. What have I done wrong or haven't done at all? You kind attention and quick reply is highly appreciated. Best /Stefan
Thanks a lot, Sir, much appreciated. Under View options one can selected "show selection outlines or boundaries", well not in swedish, it says something completely different, but just as you said, there it was!
Again, thanks a lot!
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