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From: taob@io.org (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: WWW domain-name aliases on a single machine (Bind)?
Date: 15 Jul 1995 12:21:55 -0400
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In article <87ivpbg7qu.fsf@interbev.mindspring.com>, Robert Sanders <rsanders@interbev.mindspring.com> wrote:
>On 9 Jul 1995 12:42:17 -0400, taob@io.org (Brian Tao) said:
>> You *can* do it under Linux, but it's rather messy and requires
>> patches galore and replacement binaries.
>
>A single patch != patches galore, unless my definition of "galore" is
>way off. You can also do it patchlessly with modload and dummy
>devices.
Configuring dummy devices as additional binding IP addresses is
messy, compared to a simple "ifconfig alias". Or you will need to
patch and recompile the Linux kernel, as well as replacing your
ifconfig and netstat binaries.
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org