multiple domains

[jonathan]

Kickin.

I need to look in to this, it would be very helpfull for some sites I'm
hosting.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk Wood" <cpt.kirk at 1tree.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:31 AM
Subject: Re: multiple domains


> On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, jonathan wrote:
> > you can't do it with one ip, how would the server know which domain you
> > wanted? the name you request is not passed on, it goes to your dns
server
> > and from then on the servers you are accessing are only dealing with
ip's/
>
> Specification for HTTP1.1 allows for multiple domains to share a single IP
> address. the browser sends the complete URL in its request. The server
> looks at the requested domain and responds accordingly. Many hosting
> companies will allow you to take advantage of this directing a
> "parked" domain name to point to a directory within your site.
>
> As a side note, until Microslop went to version 5 of its web server this
> was not supported. You had to multihome a machine to allow two web sites
> on the same box. They finally got it so you didn't shortly before winblows
> 2k. That was considered a show stoping feature of the version. They had
> grown tired of being beaten up about this area of appache's superiority.
>
> =======
> Kirk Wood
> Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
>
> Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it.
>
>
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