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

[Edward Smola <meanderis@mac.com>]

How about https?
Multiple stores were a common reason for ip addresses at my old job  
and unless something has changed, would still be a valid reason.

Edward Smola

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On Sep 27, 2007, at 4:01 PM, gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>  
wrote:

> 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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