Re: Subdomain - node ?
In article <[🔎] 20030228050409.GH10193@incanus.net>,
Nathan E Norman <nnorman@incanus.net> wrote:
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>On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 08:21:42PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 01:03:43PM -0600, Dan Hunt wrote:
>> > Thanks Everyone, yes I was talking about http:\\
>> > and and ftp in the same sentence, sorry to mess you up.
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>> I'm not sure most ftp servers grok the concept of virtual hosts...
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>... and in fact they can't since the server name is not passed as a
>header as in HTTP. Every attempt at ftp virtual hosting I've seen has
>been a blecherous hack.
Works just fine, you do need a seperate IP address per vhost though.
That's called "IP-based virtual hosting". What you're talking about
is "name-based virtual hosting" and that won't work with FTP.
"Name-based virtual hosting" doesn't work with https (SSL) either, btw.
Mike.
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