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Ingo_37166
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Jul 11, 2008

FTP "host header" to pool

Hi there,     i want to have multiple ftp services running on one virtual server (one IP). With an irule the services should be sent to different pools.     Example:   suppo...
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Jul 11, 2008
I don't think FTP has any kind of headers. The actual data in the network streams don't include the host it's connecting to anywhere (as far as I can determine). I'm not sure if there's anything in the connection that you could use to determine which hostname was used, as I believe FTP just resolves the hostname to an IP and uses that to connect.

 

 

You'd probably have to have different virtual servers (different IPs), or use different ports for each.