Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 15153 invoked by uid 500); 4 Oct 2001 11:29:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: dev@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 15142 invoked from network); 4 Oct 2001 11:29:56 -0000 Message-ID: <3BBC4838.7DA8D645@Golux.Com> Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 07:30:00 -0400 From: Rodent of Unusual Size Organization: The Apache Software Foundation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dev@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove the Port directive. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Cliff Woolley wrote: > > +1. Port vs. Listen has always been one of the things > people just can't seem to figure out no matter how > carefully we try to explain it. Doing it through > ServerName makes it much more clear what's going on. Due to the non-1:1 relationship between names and addresses, and that ports should be associated with IP addresses rather than names, I feel uncomfortable with the blanket statement above. -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "All right everyone! Step away from the glowing hamburger!"