The following reply was made to PR general/1428; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Brian Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Apache bugs database <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: general/1428: Increasing number of non-IP virtual hosts drastically increases memory demands Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 14:42:44 -0700 (MST) On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Brian Atkins wrote: > > You may be able to scrap all the vhosts, keep the hostnames, then use > > mod_rewrite to internally rewrite user.domain to domain/user or > > domain/~user or whatever. Would have to think about that one. > > That really would be unacceptable... Why? Note not redirect, but internally rewrite them before serving them. That means that to the client it still seems just like user.domain, only you don't actually need vhosts. May or may not be possible. Mildly interesting, so I will take a look when I get a chance...
