Ok guys, got that. I will have to watch the load on the server and then possibly decide on compiling a lean static httpd with only rudimentary functionality (e.g. this one wouldn't need mod_ssl, mod_vhost, mod_include, mod_rewrite, ...) which exclusively serves my private LAN. Maybe even CPAN's HTTP::Server::Simple or the embedded Linux Kernel HTTP server would suffice? Regards Ralph > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacqui Caren [mailto:jacqui.caren@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 5:27 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Why doesn't Apache bind socket to > vhost's IP > addr.? > > > Nick Kew wrote: > > On Wednesday 01 March 2006 13:39, Ralph.Grothe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >>Is there a way to restrict the forked servers for this vhost > >>while keeping the higher numbers for the public webserver? > > That doesn't make sense. None of your children are "for" either > > this vhost or the public webserver; they just serve > whatever requests > > they receive. > > As nick pointed out this does not make sense as the vhost is only > known after the connection is established. > > GET / HTTP/1.1 > Host: www.foo.tld > ... > > If you really want this, then run two server process pools on > two IP's. > Note that a virtual reverse proxy may help but because apache has a > connection queue, you may end up with more front end connections than > the "limited" backend can handle - if you get the timeouts wrong. > > There are other options and I am sure someone will chime in :-) > > Jacqui > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx