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

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

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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