> Actually, if you request a page on a Windows server from the > same server the traffic is not routed at all.
This isn't necessarily true. When you make a request from the server console using a browser, and you enter a fully-qualified host and domain name, the browser asks the operating system to resolve that name into an IP address. The OS then goes through a series of steps to figure out the IP address - looking in the hosts file, querying the primary DNS, querying the secondary DNS. If the returned IP address corresponds directly to a local external IP address, the request itself won't be routed through another server, but if the DNS doesn't resolve for whatever reason the request will fail. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:202636 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
