AW: IP assignment for virtual webhosting
Stefan.Gasteiger at Gendorf.de Stefan.Gasteiger at Gendorf.de
Wed Nov 17 15:12:46 CET 1999
Hi Nurani! I think when *prohibiting* IP-based web hosting, some of us could run in really bad trouble with SSL-based e-shops. I personally don't know a SSL-server which supports IP-less virtuals (LIRs out there - give me advice if you know one). Are there statistics, which show how much addresses are wasted by IP-based (non SSL) web hosting? Stefan Gasteiger SG5599-RIPE > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Nurani Nimpuno [SMTP:nurani at ripe.net] > Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 17. November 1999 10:51 > An: lir-wg at ripe.net > Betreff: IP assignment for virtual webhosting > > Dear LIR-WG, > > We would like to hear your opinions on the issue of IP assignments for > virtual webhosting. The current policy is rather old and in the meantime > a lot of things have changed; most importantly the market for webhosting > products, as well as the development of the HTTP protocol and related > software. > > TERMINOLOGY > > Before we begin, however, we would like to address the issue of > terminology > for this subject. The term 'virtual webhosting' is being used a lot but it > > is often not clear in which way it should be interpreted. We suggest the > following terminology: > > Server: A physical computer with an operating system installed on it. This > could be UNIX, Windows, Mac, or something else. The webserver runs as an > application on this OS. > > Webserver: An application program that accepts connections in order to > service requests by sending back responses. That is, a piece of software > that runs on a physical server. Examples of webservers are Apache, IIS, > and > Stronghold. > > User agent / Client: The client that initiates a request. These are often > browsers, editors, spiders (web-traversing robots), or other end-user > tools. > > Hostname: A nameserver entry that resolves to an IP address. This could be > an A or a CNAME record. > > Virtual host: A hostname resolving to the IP address of a server, the > webserver of which handles several hostnames. > > IP-based virtual hosting: Many hostnames hosted on the same server, one IP > address for each hostname. > > Namebased virtual hosting: Many hostnames hosted on the same server, all > hostnames resolve to the same IP address. > > OUR SUGGESTION > > The RIPE NCC has followed the deployment of HTTP 1.1 closely over the past > year. According to recent surveys, a vast majority of clients now support > HTTP 1.1 (namebased HTTP requests). It is our belief that the majority of > webserver applications support namebased webhosting as well. > > In recent years we have seen a boom in the registration of second-level > domains. This has led to a great demand for webhosting services. Using one > IP address per domain uses an enormous amount of IP addresses. With HTTP > 1.1 this is no longer necessary. We therefore suggest to promote namebased > webhosting and to change the current policy so that IP addresses can no > longer be assigned for IP-based webhosting. > > Please provide us with any feedback or comments you might have. > > Kind regards, > > Nurani Nimpuno (Registration Services Manager) and > Simon Skals (Hostmaster) > RIPE NCC > >
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