The ip addresses (including port) are being sent as some data structure for the clients to communicate with the server on them. So I think it shouldn't be a problem for that. Also I am not sure if they have a DNS
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Caldarale, Charles R < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Vinay Chilakamarri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Questions related to configuring a REST API on Apache > > > > Do you see any drawbacks in this approach? > > How will a client know which port to choose? > > > if I go the virtual hosts way, others have to explicitly > > modify the etc/hosts file to tell their computers that the > > virtual hosts have to be found from with in the local machine, > > Or you could have your local DNS box (if you have one) configured to > translate each of the virtual host names to 127.0.0.1; just make sure the > records don't escape beyond that DNS box. > > - Chuck > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received > this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its > attachments from all computers. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
