Patent ID: 8484319

Claim:
Apparatus, comprising: a hardware processor; a data store storing a host configuration table (HCT) that identifies content provider domains or subdomains that are being managed by a content delivery network service provider (CDNSP), wherein at least one entry in the HCT comprises a content provider domain or subdomain that is aliased to a CDNSP domain, the at least one entry pointing to a configuration file associated with the content provider domain or subdomain, the configuration file having at least one content handling instruction associated therewith; computer program instructions executed by the hardware processor for: receiving a request for a content object, the request being received from a client as a result of a DNS query to a content provider domain or subdomain being resolved using the CDNSP domain in lieu of the content provider domain or subdomain, the request for the content object having a host header associated therewith, the host header including a name value; determining whether the name value in the host header matches any content provider domain or subdomain entry in the HCT; if the name value in the host header matches any content provider domain or subdomain entry in the HCT, retrieving the configuration file; applying the content handling instruction in the configuration file; and after the content handling instruction is applied, serving the content object in response to the request.