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Date:      Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:04:34 +1100
From:      Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au>
To:        "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Virtual Hosting with Apache
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.2.20011116140310.03bd68a0@pop.ozemail.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <005701c16db8$081c3180$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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At 20:29 15/11/2001, Anthony Atkielski sent this up the stick:
>Rob writes:
>
> > Isn't this multihoming, rather than Virtual
> > Hosting?  AFAIK, Virtual Hosting is one IP
> > address with multiple A records:
>
>Virtual hosting in Apacheland is simply the hosting of several distinct web
>sites on one machine.  Originally virtual hosts were kept separate by giving
>each host its own IP on the same machine; today virtual hosts can be
>distinguished by either IP address or name.  The configuration of virtual 
>hosts
>within Apache is essentially the same in both cases.

Turns out we are both right, read the Apache pages at 
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/vhosts/name-based.html  Apache actually 
recommend name-based virtuals, such as I described.

Cheers,
Rob



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