Hi Bruce I will answer your question with an example Let's say you want the site www.google.com open a terminal window type host www.google.com www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com. www.l.google.com has address 66.102.9.147 www.l.google.com has address 66.102.9.104 www.l.google.com has address 66.102.9.99 www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com. www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com. The result shows you that google has multiple ip addresses. That's ok you can use any one you like. Take an ip address from the list and type it in your browser This makes it pretty sure that you have the right page. Caveat: it is possible to spoof this also if someone is able to access your dns settings, or to the dns of your provider. (in general your provider is very wel protected against this) HTH Andy -- Registered Linux User Number 379093 -- --BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GAT/O/>E$ d-(---)>+ s:(+)>: a--(-)>? C++++$(+++) UL++++>++++$ P-(+)>++ L+++>++++$ E---(-)@ W+++>+++$ !N@ o? !K? W--(---) !O !M- V-- PS++(+++) PE--(-) Y+ PGP++(+++) t+(++) 5-- X++ R*(+)@ !tv b-() DI(+) D+(+++) G(+) e>++++$@ h++(*) r-->++ y--()>++++ -- ---END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- Check out these few php utilities that I released under the GPL2 and that are meant for use with a php cli binary: http://www.vlaamse-kern.com/sas/ -- --
