From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 15 19:13: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta04.mail.mel.aone.net.au (mta04.mail.au.uu.net [203.2.192.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EBDA37B417 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 19:12:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au ([203.166.66.104]) by mta04.mail.mel.aone.net.au with ESMTP id <20011116031252.MOVN24232.mta04.mail.mel.aone.net.au@ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au>; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:12:52 +1100 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20011116140310.03bd68a0@pop.ozemail.com.au> X-Sender: rbyrnes@pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: I wish it was Linux Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:04:34 +1100 To: "Anthony Atkielski" From: Rob B Subject: Re: Virtual Hosting with Apache Cc: In-Reply-To: <005701c16db8$081c3180$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011115134655.03ad2670@pop.ozemail.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Peace through superior firepower. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 831 of a collection of 1184 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message