Re: [cobalt-users] Port Forwarding And Virtual Sites

["Richard Donahue" <Richard.Donahue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Lasman" <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Port Forwarding And Virtual Sites


> I've read this thread twice and I still can't see if you've got your
> answer...
>
> More inline, below...
>
> Richard Donahue wrote:
>
> > My question is: Can I use the RaQ4 (default site) as the DMZ host and be
> > able to
> > use virtual sites or is it always going to open the site that the DMZ is
> > forwarded too? ie., 192.168.1.4 -> www.mydomain.com or 192.168.1.8 ->
> > www.mydomain2.com
>
> We had nothing but problems with a RaQ behind a natting router, and we
> gave up on it.
>
> It's been a while.
>
> For example, you're browsing the Internet. You want to look at
> www.mysite.com, so you type it into your browser.
>
> Your browser checks with your computer's resolver, which checks with DNS
> and determines that www.mysite.com lives at 123.45.67.8.  So it sends
> the packets there.
>
> The packets are intercepted by your router.  Your router reroutes them
> (changes the header destination IP#) to 192.168.3.4 (a private address,
> inside your DMZ).  So the packet gets sent to your RaQ, which is
> listening to 192.168.3.4.
>
> But your RaQ is doing name-based hosting by IP#.
>
> So it's looking at the IP# and the name in the headers.  The RaQ has to
> be set up to host the site at 192.168.3.4.
>
> All your sites must be at 123.45.67.8 in DNS, but in your RaQ they must
> be at 192.168.3.4.
>
> Jeff
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Jeff,

Yes it works. The problem I had: I was trying to use SSL on the virtual
site, so the IP address had to be different than the default site. Setting
it to the same IP with SSL off and using named based hosting works fine. I
came up with a solution for SSL in the meantime. Thank you.

-RD


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