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Does Web server performance degrade when Web sites use host headers instead of IP addresses?

  1. The overhead for IIS to check a host header is very high compared to the total cost of satisfying an HTTP request, even for a static file

  2. The overhead for IIS to check a host header is negligible compared to the total cost of satisfying an HTTP request, even for a static file

  3. The overhead for IIS to check a host header is considerably high compared to the total cost of satisfying an HTTP request, even for a static file

  4. None of these
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Explanation

The overhead of checking host headers in IIS is negligible compared to the total cost of processing an HTTP request. Host headers enable multiple websites to share a single IP address without significant performance impact.

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