Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 13:00:28 +1100 From: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> To: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com> Cc: Chris Bura <chris@main.Netcorps.com>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache Message-ID: <19970213130028.37962@usn.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970212121504.7569B-100000@alive.ampr.ab.ca>; from Marc Slemko on Feb 02, 1997 at 12:20:09PM References: <199702101559.HAA26941@main.netcorps.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95.970212121504.7569B-100000@alive.ampr.ab.ca>
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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/
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