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Re: virtual hosts



* Matthew Wilcox (willy@debian.org) wrote :
> On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 05:53:16AM -0600, Adam Conrad wrote:
> > "_default_" sorts earlier than any RFC-allowed domain names, and has the
> > advantage of being a POSIX portable filename that isn't a pain in the ass
> > to work with in a shell.  It also sticks out in 'ls', not just because it's
> > first, but because it screams "look at me, I'm underlined -- sort of".
> 
> err... no, it doesn't.  Domain names sometimes start with a number (eg
> 3com.com) and they're certainly allowed to be uppercase.  according to
> man 7 ascii, we get our choice of:
> 
> SPACE ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
> 
> None are particularly appetising.  Maybe +?
> 
"DEFAULT" ?
or +DEFAULT
I don't see that my first suggestion would be much fun.  ugh.
-Thom



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