Any problems deleting all "_default_" VirtualHosts?

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has tried deleting/commenting out
ALL of the "_default_" VirtualHost sections in
httpd.conf/ssl.conf?

Does doing this cause any problems with Apache?

One of my colleagues has suggested that doing this helps
secure Apache, because then Apache wouldn't process any
requests that don't match our other <VirtualHost>
sections, but my read of the Apache docs, e.g., http://www.
apacheweek.com/issues/97-03-14, is that it doesn't
prevent Apache from processing requests not matching any
VirtualHost sections, but rather just causes Apache to
process those requests from the "main server".

Also, when we tried that (deleting the "_default_"
sections), I *think* (but am not sure) that we may have been
seeing some behavior where Apache would "slow
down", i.e., serve content very slowly.

Thanks,
Jim

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On 10/29/06, ohayacox.net <ohayacox.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if anyone has tried deleting/commenting
out ALL of the "_default_" VirtualHost sections in
httpd.conf/ssl.conf?
>
> Does doing this cause any problems with Apache?
>
> One of my colleagues has suggested that doing this
helps secure Apache, because then Apache wouldn't process
any requests that don't match our other <VirtualHost>
sections, but my read of the Apache docs, e.g., http://www.
apacheweek.com/issues/97-03-14, is that it doesn't
prevent Apache from processing requests not matching any
VirtualHost sections, but rather just causes Apache to
process those requests from the "main server".

You are correct.  If a request doesn't match any
NameVirtualHost
directive and doesn't match any _default_
<VirtualHost>, then it will
be served by the main server.

>
> Also, when we tried that (deleting the
"_default_" sections), I *think* (but am not sure)
that we may have been seeing some behavior where Apache
would "slow down", i.e., serve content very
slowly.

No.  It should make no difference in speed.

Joshua.

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