From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Feb 12 18:01:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA11046 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 18:01:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from labs.usn.blaze.net.au (labs.usn.blaze.net.au [203.17.53.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA11037 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 18:01:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from davidn@localhost) by labs.usn.blaze.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA17733; Thu, 13 Feb 1997 13:00:29 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19970213130028.37962@usn.blaze.net.au> Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 13:00:28 +1100 From: David Nugent To: Marc Slemko Cc: Chris Bura , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache References: <199702101559.HAA26941@main.netcorps.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61 In-Reply-To: ; from Marc Slemko on Feb 02, 1997 at 12:20:09PM Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Feb 02, 1997 at 12:20:09PM, Marc Slemko wrote: > > Right now we're using the actuall domain names in the virtual server > > directives. Should we use the IP address instead? Would that ease the > > workload? > > You are wise to use IP addresses. If you are using a 1.2 beta, you would > also be wise to include a 'ServerName www.example.com' for each virtual > host. 1.1 will look it up on startup, but if it fails it will still keep > going. Because of the HTTP/1.1 support in 1.2, if either the forward or > reverse lookups fail and you don't have the IP in the virtualhost > definition and a servername for that host Apache will die. FWIW, 1.1 dies also under the same circumstances due to a NULL dereference on what should be the resolved hostname. Regards, David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/