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Now another strange thing has happened.

I can access the Apache docs by typing

http://www.gis-systems.com on my machine in addition to typing the IP address.

Can you too do this? I own that domain name.

I had specified this domain name at the time of Apache installation. And then I specified on the control panel at my domain host to forward this domain to http://218.141.2.91/

And now it seems to be forwarding.

On my machine, when I access http://www.gis-systems.com, it displays the correct index page, but the URL seen on the address bar is the IP number, not the domain name.

I guess, that's all I can do short of paying for a DNS server host.

But, for the present, it's enough for me.

Another question, now it seems that all other servers on this machine are also accessible from outside, besides Apache. For example, when I type http://218.141.2.91:8080/ , Tomcat's splash page is accessed. I think it is same from there too, isn't it? Is there a way I can expose only Apache (port 80) to outside world?

[1220 byte] By [nep100a] at [2007-10-1 1:39:28]