Host Header Name

Hello,

I'm not too familiar with web servers.

Is it possible to configure Apache not respond to requests without the
appropriate host header name?

I.E. Get's for www.foo.com (FQDN) will be responded too. However,get's
for 1.2.3.4 (IP address) do not load (or respond with some generic
response like; "No web site is configured at this address.")?

Would virtual host be what I'm looking for?

Tnx,
KB

 > Is it possible to configure Apache not respond to requests without the
 > appropriate host header name?
 >
 > I.E. Get's for <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.foo.com" target="_blank">www.foo.com</a> (FQDN) will be responded too. However,get's
 > for 1.2.3.4 (IP address) do not load (or respond with some generic
 > response like; "No web site is configured at this address.")?
 >
 > Would virtual host be what I'm looking for?

yes, name-based vhosts in particular:

NameVirtualHost 1.2.3.4

<VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80>
DocumentRoot /path/to/dummy
# here you put the dummy index.html
....
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80>
ServerName <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.foo.com" target="_blank">www.foo.com</a>
DocumentRoot /path/to/foo/com
# content dir for foo.com
....
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80>
ServerName <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.bar.com" target="_blank">www.bar.com</a>
DocumentRoot /path/to/bar/com
# content dir for bar.com
....
</VirtualHost>

joachim<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->