mod_rewrite questions

not a *nix guy

[hasbeen]

As I understand the use of mod_rewrite, it can be used for two important SE related functions:

-create on-the-fly redirects for sites hosted under virutal accounts (multiple domains, single IP), and

-parse dynamic URLs to more SE friendly URLs (replacing special characters like #,?, etc.)

Is this correct? I'm sure there's more it can do, but these are the two areas I'm most concerned with. Just so you know, the reason I'm asking is because my company has been contacted by a developer who has an ISAPI filter he claims can bring mod_rewrite functionality to an IIS environment, and I need to know if it's worth my time exploring his product.

Thanks.

[andreasfriedrich]

mod_rewrite is not confined to *nix systems. It is an Apache module and runs on all platforms Apache runs.

parse dynamic URLs to more SE friendly URLs

No. Your CMS or you or whatever need to provide the nice URIs. mod_rewrite allows you to convert those URIs back to dynamic ones.

Andreas