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The two types are IP-based virtual hosting and name-based virtual hosting. In a nutshell, the difference is that IP-based virtual hosts have a different IP address for each virtual host, while name-based virtual hosts have the same IP address, but use different names for each one. There are reasons for each. There's not much difference in implementation.
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MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Workscape, a proven provider of outsourced benefits, compensation and performance management solutions, today announced the release of the Workscape Virtual Hosting offering. This offering enables Workscape to configure its award-winning enterprise products in a controlled environment, package the environment, and deploy an appliance-based solution in either Workscape's global data centers or behind a client's firewall.
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Apache was one of the first servers to support IP-based virtual hosts right out of the box. Versions 1.1 and later of Apache support both IP-based and name-based virtual hosts (vhosts). The latter variant of virtual hosts is sometimes ... called host-based or non-IP virtual hosts.
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