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Article #15437Re: Shared IP's via HTTP_HOST (new standard?)
From: G. Herrmannsfeldt
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 00:00
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kitchin@intersurf.com writes: >For virtual domain web hosting my ISP just switched over to shared IP's >via HTTP_HOST (see below if you don't know what this is). I complained, >since I have only seen this used on very low cost providers, like icom.com and >webcom.com. But my ISP claims the following: >> In accordance with InterNIC, ARIN, MCI and UUnet policies, we have >> eliminated the use of IP's for virtual web sites permanently. >> >> Browsers supporting only HTTPD v1.0 will indeed see the wrong web >> site, for the reason you cited above. Updated browsers have been >> available for far more than one year supporting HTTP_HOST. >> Most sites now use features that make them incompatible with HTTP v1.0, anyway, so it would seem to me that this is the right way to go. If the server does put in the page of pointers, it means one extra mouse click to get to the page they wanted. Probably the pointer page would also have a link to where to download a more modern browser. -- glen
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