policy change: static verification methods

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On 25-Feb-99 Chris Arnold wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Its not so much the virtual Web sites, they  I agree can be run on a 
> single IP server
> 
> However
> When it comes to giving each individual customer FTP
> access to mange their site or have an FTP site in its own right
> IIS4 demands that you have unique IP's
> 
> Unless of course someone knows a better method
> that is not an administrative nightmare.
> 

AFAIK there is no alternative.  FTP cannot distinguish between a request for
one domain or another based on the contents of the protocol.  There are two
alternatives here...  either we rewrite the protocol to send the hostname as
part of the address or you give static IP addresses to all of your ftp sites.

Adam


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