Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 10:53:00 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, nolan@twu.edu Subject: Re: making aliases and/or redirecting a server to another server Message-ID: <199809291753.KAA24436@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <3610A527.9765B6C8@twu.edu>
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>Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 09:15:19 +0000 >From: "Patricia J. Nolan" <nolan@twu.edu> >I have two options.....might I ask which one is easier? >1. Assign two or more URL addresses to the same IP number (as aliases, >etc.) >For example, to have one.twu.edu also be two.twu.edu. >2. Or, to redirect a server to another URL. How might this be done? >I appreciate any feedback on this. I want to ensure I do this >correctly. Well, a given person's experiences & background are likely to play a significant role in making the determination. For me, for example, the first alternative would be easier, because for the second, I'd need to go look something up. :-) (Also, in fairness, I expect that the second would mean that it would be necessary to run a Web server on each machine, while the first alternative means there's really only a single machine; it merely happens to have a couple of names.) Assuming that your IP address <-> hostanme mappings are being handled via DNS (which is my preference), there's no problem assigning multiple hostnames to the same machine (with a single IP address). You could either have a separate "A" record for each hostname, or have one "A" record and a "CNAME" record. You can also assign multiple IP addresses to a single interface (on a single machine), and thus have the machine respond to any of several IP addresses (and corresponding hostnames). Please note, though, that you may want to pay attention to what hostname & IP address the machine uses for responses.... david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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