gabriel rosenkoetter on 27 Sep 2007 20:02:13 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] linux question... (apache) (virtual hosts)


At 2007-09-27 15:45 -0400, Sean C. Sheridan <scs@CampusClients.com> wrote:
> Any chance I can do this without a mod rewrite?  At the moment I am only
> responding to one IP addy, but I'll have 50 more on that box soon.

Why?

No, really. The point of vhosts is precisely that you do NOT need
to waste number space for logically separated (in name space) we
servers.

I confess I can't think of a single good reason to use multiple IP
addresses on the same host all for Apache.

(The only legitimate reasons for multiple IP addresses on a single
host I can think of are: a firewall/gateway/NAT/etc system routing
between subnets; an application that needs to be multi-homed for
redundancy; a VIP for clustering; a security application to perform
passive scanning / honeypot / so forth. I honestly don't think any
other exist.)

-- 
gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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