From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Feb 17 12:36:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA12894 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:36:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from pinky.junction.net (pinky.junction.net [199.166.227.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA12888 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:36:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from sidhe.memra.com (sidhe.memra.com [199.166.227.105]) by pinky.junction.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id MAA16850 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:35:11 -0800 Received: from localhost (michael@localhost) by sidhe.memra.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA25792 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:29:59 -0800 Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:29:58 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Dillon To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache Virtual Servers (single IP) In-Reply-To: <199702171914.LAA07955@main.netcorps.com> Message-ID: Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Chris Bura wrote: > > Are many ISPs doing this? No. Only a few clueless ones. > > It seems to make sence. Cut's down on ifconfigs, DNS, scarcity of IP > addresses. > > What are the drawbacks? Lost customers, lawsuits. Besides, IP addresses are not scarce. You have to justify your usage of them and cannot waste them but the 3 NIC's all accept virtual webservers as a legitimate use of IP space. Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-250-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com