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Date:      Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:21:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Apache Virtual Servers (single IP)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.93.970217121913.23183Q-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
In-Reply-To: <m0vwXO8-0008zjC@agora.rdrop.com>

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On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Alan Batie wrote:

> > I believe there is a way to have this run all on a single IP address,
> > instead of using a heap of IP Alias settings.
> > 
> > How is this done?
> 
> You just assign the same IP address to all the names.
> 
> BUT --- it only works with HTTP 1.1 browsers, which admittedly is a large
> chunk of them, but not all.  The rest will get the default server because
> http 1.0 doesn't pass the expected server name along.

That's right. Get ready for the lawsuits when your customers find you are
delivering a substandard product. IP addresses don't cost that much even
in Oz that you can't just allocate every virtual domain their own unique
IP address so that their site is universally accessible and can be
seen by the search engines.


Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting
Memra Software Inc.              -                  Fax: +1-250-546-3049
http://www.memra.com             -               E-mail: michael@memra.com




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