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Re: What is multihoming was (design of a real routing v. endpoint id seperation)

  • From: Valdis.Kletnieks
  • Date: Mon Oct 24 16:41:35 2005 
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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