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author | Eric Covener <covener@apache.org> | 2020-12-18 15:22:54 +0100 |
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committer | Eric Covener <covener@apache.org> | 2020-12-18 15:22:54 +0100 |
commit | 6553a5efe37ea693bcdd0faf09dd2a6c21240b10 (patch) | |
tree | 20b937f92af38a27948b3634f02d8910bd854385 /docs/manual | |
parent | xform (diff) | |
download | apache2-6553a5efe37ea693bcdd0faf09dd2a6c21240b10.tar.xz apache2-6553a5efe37ea693bcdd0faf09dd2a6c21240b10.zip |
PR64996: avoid "best" unqualified
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1884608 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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-rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.xml b/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.xml index 4f0ede6487..93f15e6269 100644 --- a/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.xml +++ b/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.xml @@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ applicable to a general-purpose web server.</p> <p> Name-based virtual hosting builds off of the IP-based virtual host - selection algorithm, meaning that searches for the proper server name - occur only between virtual hosts that have the best IP-based address.</p> + selection algorithm, meaning that comparisons of ther requested hostname + to configured hostnames occurs only within the set of virtual hosts that + share the most specific IP:PORT based match at the network layer.</p> </section> @@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ <p>It is important to recognize that the first step in name-based virtual host resolution is IP-based resolution. Name-based virtual host resolution only chooses the most appropriate name-based virtual host - after narrowing down the candidates to the best IP-based match. Using a wildcard (*) + after narrowing down the candidates to the best (most specific) IP-based match. Using a wildcard (*) for the IP address in all of the VirtualHost directives makes this IP-based mapping irrelevant.</p> |