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Web publishing confusion.. - 13.Feb.2005 2:03:00 PM

whorsfall

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Joined: 9.Feb.2001
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Hi,

Sorry for the length of this message "[Smile]"

Can I please get clarification on "publishing web sites" on ISA 2004.

It seems the correct way is to use host header names and point to the same IP address as referenced in the following articles:

How to configure Web publishing rules to host multiple Web sites with host headers in ISA Server

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;838252

and

HOW TO: Use Host Header Names to Configure Multiple Web Sites in Internet Information Services 6.0

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324287

Can I confirm this is the correct way - so users might go.

Example:

URL from user: Translates to: Host Header
www.company1.com 144.172.1.5 www.company1.com
www.company2.com 144.172.1.5 www.company2.com

My web server is called "web.acme.local" - (a seperate Windows 2003 IIS Server).

Questions:

1. Is this the correct way to achieve this multiple web
sites published by ISA on the one web server?

2. Given the above example how would I fill out "New Web
Publishing Wizard"

Computer name or IP Address: web.acme.local

Forward the original host header of the actual one
(specified above)? - Which option for this one?

Path: Do I leave this blank ?

So I am not sure what I need to fill in to create it
for the above configurations?

3. Or is Virtual directories or different IP ports the
way to go? If so please can I have a starting point for this.

Thanks,

Ward.

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RE: Web publishing confusion.. - 16.Feb.2005 1:17:00 AM

tshinder

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Hi Ward,

I never use host headers for Web publishing, I bind a separate IP address to each site. Since private addresses are very reasonably priced, I don't see any reason to use host headers. They add complexity and not much else.

HTH,
Tom

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RE: Web publishing confusion.. - 16.Feb.2005 4:59:00 PM

whorsfall

Posts: 33
Joined: 9.Feb.2001
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Tom,

Thanks for your reply.

Is there a technical disadvantage to using host headers?

Also - since you don't use host headers please clarify how you would have a seperate ip address how would you make this work?

Assuming that if you have two network cards in your ISA server (one internal the other external). You would do the following one the external network card configure multiple IP addresses and have a seperate web listner for each is this correct?

Thanks,

Ward

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