On 15 Jul 2010, at 16:32, Tim Funk <funk...@apache.org> wrote: > IIRC, there is no requirement. But from a mapping point of view, the name > used should match what the browser is sending in the "Host:" field.
Except when the request is deliberately being directed to the defaultHost - which is frequently the case. > Tomcat (iirc) doens't do any lookups based on the name field for Host so from > that point of view - life in DNS is OK. > > But to access the tomcat server - the user needs to type some address > (name/ip) into the browser. > > Where I am going with this is the chance of odd side effect. Let's say we > choose "default" as the host name. So for some reason (where I can't think of > a use case) - the admin then types in http://default/ to their browser. Their > browser does the DNS lookup and goes to whatever DNS says. Which is probably > not the tomcat instance. Agreed. Possible solution: set the name property to something not in DNS, but meaningful (tomcatDefault, or whatever), add an alias for localhost - which would also be educational for new users. p > So long story short ... my worry is a stretch, bordering fantasy-land. (which > is why i am -0 but swayable) But in apache, there used to be warnings in > various configs about using host names in various places instead of IP > addresses due to relying on DNS. > > > > -Tim > > On 7/15/2010 11:11 AM, Mark Thomas wrote: >> On 15/07/2010 15:16, Tim Funk wrote: >>> -0 >>> >>> Since the host name should be a valid dns name(ok it doesn't need to be >>> a valid dns name if <Alias> is used), choosing a default which doesn't >>> have a valid dns name may cause woes. >> >> If it does need to be a valid dns name then localhost absolutely makes >> sense. Where is that requirement coming from? I can think of anywhere >> off the top of my head. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
