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From: blake@pbgi.com (Blake Swensen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Apache Server and VIF: is VIF needed on FreeBSD?
Date: Thu, 16 May 96 15:04:26 GMT
Organization: Pillar/Blake International
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Thanks to all who helped me make the decision to use apache, as opposed to 
CERN for httpd.  Seems like Apache will work better for many features, 
including virtual domain names.

There is mention of the Virtual InterFace, and adding this psuedo device to 
the kernel, to do ip aliasing--more than one ip address on the same card.  The 
talk, from John Ioannidis, is about performing this on a SunOS 4.1.x machine.

I have also seen some stuff bantered around this group about how to accomplish 
this on FreeBSD.  It is my desire not to recompile the kernel, adding support 
for VIF, if I can possibly avoid it.  Is there a better way to perform ip 
aliasing on FreeBSD (2.1)?

Peace,
Blake