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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:49:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
To:        Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adding IP Addresses to a FreeBSD box
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109191248320.64123-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <x7sndjw3qq.fsf@onceler.kciLink.com>

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On 19 Sep 2001, Vivek Khera wrote:

> >>>>> "BNH" == Brent N Hunter <brentnhunter@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> BNH> Do you know what file or files need to be changed to
> BNH> get a new IP address onto a FreeBSD box? (to host web
> BNH> pages on multiple domains)
> 
> Firstly, you don't need multiple IP addresses to host multiple domains
> these days.  I can't think of anyone that would be using a web browser
> that doesn't work with name-based virtual hosts.  Simply configure
> your web server to use virtual hosts determined via the name with
> which they are accessed.
> 
> The only time I've come across when you must have multiple IPs is for
> hosting multiple SSL secured sites at different host names.

True.  However, many web search engines will only cache the first
name-based host that resolves to an IP and will ignore the rest.  This can
be quite a problem if clients are paying for web search engine exposure
and they're not getting it.

--
Matt Emmerton


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