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Old 04-06-2008, 16:26   #7977
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]

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Originally Posted by jca111 View Post
I was thinking the exact same thing. This is very common and perfectly legitimate practice. Hosting companies could not work without host header resolution, as they would run out of IP Addresses in no time flat. Unless the whole world moves over to IPv6 it would be impossible for all websites to have unique IP addresses.

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They could be on separate servers, as they could be on a network behind the firewall. Something at firewall/router level would just be looking at the Host Header and routing it to the various different physical servers. But to the user/client - they all appear as one IP. This is all OK tho.
The real concern is not just the joint IP address which resolves as you say usually to one Server & is then routed properly to it's destination.

It is this particular mix of companies behind this Server & the way they are internally routed & linked.
Given that Webwise, Phorm, BT & Oix are currently involved in the Webwise System, which is trying to pose as an Anti-Phishing System when it is in fact an AD Serving DPI mirroring abomination!
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