Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:23:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org> To: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP vs CNAME Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006021222310.87193-100000@pogo.caustic.org> In-Reply-To: <393805AD.28ACF39D@wmptl.com>
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generally, i think it's better to do IP based virtualhosting. it's not so much of a performance issue, it just makes it cleaner with older browsers, and makes it easier to track problems with servers. just my $0.02. -- jan On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Nathan Vidican wrote: > We are a relatively small ISP looking to grow. We're now starting to do > virtualhosting for people, and thus far I've been setting up > virtualhosts using cnames. The thing is, we've currently three almost > entirely free class C banks of IP addresses, and I was wondering if it > would be better to use IP based virtualhosting, or stick with our > current scheme of using cnames to one host? > Could anyone explain the performance differences if any involved in > using IP vs CNAME virtualhosts? Or does it matter at all? Pors/cons, > that kind of stuff please. > > > -- > Nathan Vidican > webmaster@wmptl.com > Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. > http://www.wmptl.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > +-----/ f. johan beisser /------------------------------+ email: jan[at]caustic.org web: http://www.caustic.org/~jan "knowledge is power. power corrupts. study hard, be evil." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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