iTP Secure WebServer System Administrator's Guide (Version 7.0)

Configuring the iTP Secure WebServer
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Why Aliases Are Useful
you might select the following name as its DNS alias:
www.compedia.com
After registering this name with the DNS, you can then advertise www.compedia.com
as the name of your server. Users making requests through this alias would actually be
accessing aegean.compedia.com.
Why Aliases Are Useful
The major benefit to using an alias is flexibility. If your server has a registered alias,
you can physically move your server to a new host machine without having to change
your server’s name to reflect the name of the new host. If you did not use an alias and
you moved to a new host, you would need to change all your server URLs to point to
the new host and advertise the new URLs to your users.