[TYPO3-dev] Serving static content from a different domain

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

Thomas "Thasmo" Deinhamer wrote:
> * Does it _really_ make sense to use a completely
> different domain to serve static content, or would
> also a subdomain like static-1.client-a.com do the job?
> (The "only" advantage of a separate domain is a "better"
> chance of having a cookieless domain?!)

It is not just domain, it should be also on a different IP address.

Different domain allows you to send less traffic and make network transfers 
faster.

Different IP address removes browser limit: browsers limit number of 
connections to the same IP address.

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Dmitry Dulepov
TYPO3 core&security team member
E-mail: dmitry.dulepov at typo3.org
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