Output of http://MYIPADDRESS, what to do with it?
I just picked up my Linode yesterday. I have it all setup with the LAMP stack and a couple of virtual hosts for domains I own.
This is the first non-managed web server I have used in probably about six years or so, so it's been a little rough after sitting behind Ubuntu and Windows desktops, rarely using the terminals.
I'll get to the point. What do most people (admins/IT) do when a website is accessed directly from the servers IP address? For example, when my IP address is entered into a browser I get the default "It works" index.html page located in /var/www
So what do most people do or what is a good thing to do with this situation? Should I create a symbolic link to one of my other websites directory? Or what are some other better options?
Thanks, Mike
6 Replies
Redirect it to NSA's homepage or Midget Bowling.
@vonskippy:
Why would anyone connect to your web server by it's IP addr?
Yuh know, I don't know ha. I was just wondering I guess if there was some standard that most people conform to, to handle the IP address.
Leave it blank.
Redirect to your main website.
Post a little message that nobody will see.
Other options of increasing nastiness:
Redirect to Google or some other benign website.
Embed this video
Redirect in an infinite loop.
Redirect to some three-letter agency to scare the visitor.
Redirect to all three-letter agencies at the same time, using a large number of popups.
Link to random websites of questionable legality, causing the visitor to get busted by one of the aforementioned three-letter agencies.
After all, only bad guys type IP addresses into their browsers, right?
Create a vhost config file so that its name appears first alphabetically.
`
RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog /path/to/rewrite.log
RewriteLogLevel 4
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^127.0.0.1$
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^put your ip here$
RewriteRule .* - [R=404]
KeepAlive Off`
Everyone but you will received Apache: 404 Not Found