2010/7/15 Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>: > I'm teaching a Tomcat course today and tomorrow and one of the students > raised the question why is the default host called localhost? The implied > relationship to 127.0.0.1 was causing confusion. That got me thinking: > > 1. Is there a better name for the default host >
I like "localhost" as it is now, because. 1) This name is well known as special. 2) If you setup virtual hosts, it does not conflict with the other virtual hosts. 3) When you are setting up virtual hosts there has to be some default. One easy way to test it is to access the server locally. 4) There is a chance that whatever new name you offer, it will be registered as domain name by somebody. E.g. "defaulthost" is already used by some hosting provider. Best regards, Konstantin Kolinko --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
