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Date:      Fri, 22 Oct 1999 02:28:04 +0100
From:      Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Cc:        mreimer@vpop.net
Subject:   Re: Class C hack instead of ifconfig aliases
Message-ID:  <E11eTUy-0009Mv-00@fanf.eng.demon.net>
In-Reply-To: <380DF3F3.E22CFAF8@vpop.net>
References:  <lists.freebsd.hackers.199910201002.LAA12741@beckett.earlsfort.iol.ie> <lists.freebsd.hackers.19991020161308.A75038@chuggalug.clues.com>

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Matthew Reimer <mreimer@vpop.net> wrote:
>Here's a way to do it without patches:
>
>1. in your webserver:
>   a. ipfw add fwd localhost from any to 1.2.3/24 http
>   b. add <VirtualHost...> sections, like this:

If you're using enough IP addresses to make this trick worthwhile then
you're probably interested in mod_vhost_alias which is new in Apache 1.3.9.

>Pros:
>
>- no need to 'ifconfig xyz alias...'.

Big deal -- you still have to use an ipfw command instead.

>- address matching is fast, since only a few ipfw rules are checked,
>  rather than lists of hundreds or thousands of IP addresses

The NETALIAS patch (PR#12071) is smaller and faster than turning on
IPFIREWALL and IPFIREWALL_FORWARD.

Tony.
-- 
the .@ person


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