Thanks Owen, It does seem strange, since some people seem to have no problems with their setups inside firewalls, and others have the same problem I'm having. I suppose I could DMZ the server through the two firewalls, but that's more of a security risk.
Anyhow, good points to consider. I shall do some pondering... Cheers, Kevin On 6 Oct 2005 at 8:28, Boyle Owen wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Rattai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Donnerstag, 6. Oktober 2005 00:36 > > To: users@httpd.apache.org > > Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] apache, virtual domains, and firewalls > > > > > > I'm sure this is slightly OT, but hope someone can give me insight on > > this. > > > > I'm running Apache inside a firewall and the environment variables > > aren't being passed through, so all requests for name based virtual > > domains end up at the default domain. > > Environment variables are specific to a particular machine and are typically > set by one program and read by another. They are not "passed through" - ie, > sent from one mac> > Name-based virtual hosting works by matching the contents of the "Host" > header in the request with the arguments to the ServerName and ServerAlias > directives. Assuming th> > I suspect the problem is more to do with your network configuration. For > example; > > - how many IP addresses does apache listen to? > - does it listen to the external (real) IP? > - does it listen to an internal IP (eg 192.168...) > - does the FW translate the external IP to an internal one? > - are your NBVHs setup on the internal or external IP? > > Think carefully about the route a packet takes from the outside world into > the server and how it is routed as it goes through the FW (ie, how does its > destination IP chan> > Rgds, > Owen Boyle > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > > > > Can someone point me to or provide info on how I should set up my > > (smoothwall and linksys router) firewall to pass the environment > > variables through? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Kevin > > > > > > v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v > > > > Beausejour news - http://beausejour.yia.ca/ > > ~~~~~~~ > > Uvea tech news and forums - http://tech.uveais.ca/ > > ~~~~~~~ > > Beausejour LUG - http://bjlug.yia.ca/ > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Diese E-mail ist eine private und persönliche Kommunikation. Sie hat keinen > Bezug zur Börsen- bzw. Geschäftstätigkeit der SWX Gruppe. This e-mail is of a > private and pers> > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, > proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or > privilege is waived or > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v Beausejour news - http://beausejour.yia.ca/ ~~~~~~~ Uvea tech news and forums - http://tech.uveais.ca/ ~~~~~~~ Beausejour LUG - http://bjlug.yia.ca/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
