I looked into using Nginx earlier last year for reverse proxy and load balancing, and I have to say that I abandoned it due to the poor documentation - it was insanely hard to get any actual information on settings and configuration beyond sample rules.
I found the Lighttpd documentation quite good. It was certainly easier to set up (for me) than Apache. The simple vhosts mechanism is great; just create a new directory (or symlink) for each vhost. No need to edit the configuration files.
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Time to upgrade, this isn't 1995 anymore.
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Right. Upgrade to a modern HTTP server like Nginx http://www.nginx.net/ [nginx.net] or Lighttpd, you won't regret it.
And if for some reason you really need Apache 1.3.x, this code is maintained by OpenBSD and an enhanced version is shipped with the OS.
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