Re: Websites switching homepages!

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>> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:14:07 -0400 (EDT)
>> From: mworden@substantis.com
>> >
>> >> From: "Glorywest" <webdesign7@comcast.net>
>> >> Date: 18 Apr 2005 08:05:42 -0700
>> >>
>> >> The site www.spencersmountain.org periodically shows a different home
>> >> page. The home page that occasionally pops up is the site
> [...snip...]
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>> If they are virutal hosting with apache, the default site could be
>> displayed if the virtually hosted site is not available.
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> BUT... If they are on the same host, and the virtually hosted site is
> not available, WHY would the default site be available? The only thing
> that *should* stop the virtual site from being displayed is that the
> software is down... No?
>
> Ah well... I don't know :) In any case, this topic should be moved to
> a web newsgroup instead of BIND... (The DNS appears to be working OK.)
>
> However, THIS web site reports some DNS problems... Specifically with
> 'stealth' nameservers. They might be causing the problem.
>
> Regards,
> Gregory Hicks
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From the Apache FAQ:

Now when a request arrives, the server will first check if it is using an
IP address that matches the NameVirtualHost. If it is, then it will look
at each <VirtualHost> section with a matching IP address and try to find
one where the ServerName or ServerAlias matches the requested hostname. If
it finds one, then it uses the configuration for that server. If no
matching virtual host is found, then the first listed virtual host that
matches the IP address will be used.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/vhosts/name-based.html