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  From: Michael Pearson <alcaron@ozemail.com.au>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 17:05:23 +1030 (CST)

Re: Config Probs, Apache and DNS

On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Daniel Callan wrote:

> Can Darryl actually run Apache virthosts all on the same IP?
> (my guess was that Apache needs the IP requested to identify
> which server it should respond as)
> 
> I know you can make as many domains as you want resolve to 
> the one IP....but does anyone know if you can actually make
> each domain (each resolving to the same IP) run as a 
> seperate virtual host???
> 

AFAIK you can't... because you connect by IP, not hostname, so apache
wouldn't have any idea how to respond.

ie, it's going "What IP should I listen to for this host?", realising it's
the same one as the previous entry, and then eating flaming death, so to
speak.

Take this with a pinch of salt: I'm not entirely too clear on HTTP
protocol.

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Michael Pearson 
 -Freelance network consultancy
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 -alcaron@ozemail.com.au 


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