On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 18:00:27 -0500 Brian Finniff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My question is, if you are running a website for 2 different people on the > Internet and they both wanted to acquire a domain but you only have one IP > address, would it be possible to forward each domain to the same IP address > and somehow each one becomes distinct? If so, how is this possible? Can you > explain to me how it can be done. > > Oh and for reference, I am not talking about web redirects. Hi Brian, to be more generic in the answer, you can map as many FQDN (fully qualified domain name) as you want to a single IP via DNS (you can even enable wildcard records in certain DNS server software that will match *.yourdomain.com to a default IP). That tells {client_software} that {this_FQDN} is {this_IP}. {client_software}will use that information in whatever form is suitable to {client_software} - in most cases it will contact {server_sofware} running in a server (or group of servers) running as {this_IP}. It is up to {server_software} to determine how the request from {client_software} is handled. For a variety of {server_software}, there is support for named based virtual hosts, where the server will behave differently depending on what FQDN the client is attempting to contact : web servers, FTP servers, etc. Others don't, because it doesn't make sense, or because the protocol used doesn't support such thing (HTTPS, for example). If you want a more specific answer, you need to defined what you want to do. Odds are, you are talking about websites - the other replies to your mail should have answered that point. Best, B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Q. How do you make God laugh? A. Tell him your plans. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"