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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