Re: HTTP "host" header
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 51302
interpreted = N
texte = Okay, so I'm a little slow ... I appreciate your help on this. Actually I just now finally got it working okay, although not quite as you've described. Again thanks, On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 12:05 PM, John Peacock wrote: > Marc Kaiwi wrote: >> So are you saying that TCPConnect/TCPSend cannot be used in the case >> of a virtual host? (unless you know the host's directory, which in >> most cases wouldn't be known) > > No. Read this slowly now. ;~) > > [text]hostname=www.wrh.noaa.go[/text] > > [tcpconnect host=[hostname]&port=80][!] > [/!][tcpsend]Host: [hostname][CRLF][!] > > and so on > > For machines using virtual hosts, the HTTP request must contain the > "Host:" header. It is harmless to send in all other cases, so > [TCPConnect] could just as easily always send that field. It just so > happens that [TCPSend] assumes nothing, so you have to manually send > "Host:" with your query. > > John Signed: Marc Kaiwi ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Okay, so I'm a little slow ... I appreciate your help on this. Actually I just now finally got it working okay, although not quite as you've described. Again thanks, On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 12:05 PM, John Peacock wrote: > Marc Kaiwi wrote: >> So are you saying that TCPConnect/TCPSend cannot be used in the case >> of a virtual host? (unless you know the host's directory, which in >> most cases wouldn't be known) > > No. Read this slowly now. ;~) > > [text]hostname=www.wrh.noaa.go[/text] > > [tcpconnect host=[hostname]&port=80][!] > [/!][tcpsend]Host: [hostname][CRLF][!] > > and so on > > For machines using virtual hosts, the HTTP request must contain the > "Host:" header. It is harmless to send in all other cases, so > [tcpconnect] could just as easily always send that field. It just so > happens that [tcpsend] assumes nothing, so you have to manually send > "Host:" with your query. > > John Signed: Marc Kaiwi ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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