- From: Rob Raisch <raisch@internet.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 13:43:20 -0500
- To: uri@bunyip.com, http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com, connolly@hal.com (Dan Connolly)
- Cc: connolly@hal.com
There are no HTTP servers that support multiple domain names per machine because they cannot under the current protocols. (There are some versions of Unix which will support multiple peer IP addresses per host, but this is not the same thing.) Outside of the DNS protocols, there are no domain names. When a TCP connection is made to a particular host, the only designators available are the numeric IP and port addresses. There are many reasons why the full URL needs to be provided when an HTTP request is made. I have suggested a number and this is one. Unfortunately, I don't see this happening easily -- due to the installed base. And if you really want to see some fur fly, suggest that DNS needs to be modified. <chuckle> I've learned MY lesson on that score, I can tell you. Doesn't matter if the suggestion has merit. The DNS is considered -- by its authors and maintainers -- to be the most important and fragile of all Internet technologies. I'd rather suggest modifications to any established world religion. </rr>
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