[86168] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: What is multihoming was (design of a real routing v. endpoint id seperation)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Mon Oct 24 16:40:59 2005
To: crist.clark@globalstar.com
Cc: Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>,
Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com,
North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:31:17 PDT."
<435D4495.7050900@globalstar.com>
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:40:10 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:31:17 PDT, Crist Clark said:
>
> Stephen Sprunk wrote:
> [snip]
>
> >> Other people use this term in very different ways. To some people
> >> it means using having multiple IP addresses bound to a single
> >> network interface. To others it means multiple websites on one
> >> server.
> >
> >
> > That is virtual hosting in a NANOG context. Some undereducated MCSEs
> > might call it multihoming, but let's not endorse that here.
>
> Unfortunately, this is a common and "standards blessed" way to refer to
> any host with multiple interfaces/addresses (real or virtual).
I think Stephen meant "Some undereducated McSE (you want fries with that?)
call "multiple websites on one server" "multihoming".
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