Khoa Nguyen wrote: > Thanks for your quick response. I have tried to configure two name-based > virtual hosts on my server machine: server5.com <http://server5.com> and > server6.com <http://server6.com>. In the request, I specified "Host: > whatever.com <http://whatever.com>". The server still sends a page back > from server5.com <http://server5.com>. How do I enforce the server to > send some negative message (e.g. 404 Not Found) back to the client if > the Host: field value is not configured on the server as a virtual host? In apache, you must create a default vhost which points to an error message. The first virtual host becomes the default, so define a virtual host before www.server5.com that points to the page containing the message. ;) > > Thanks, > Khoa > > On 8/18/05, *Ivan Barrera A.* <Bruce@xxxxxx <mailto:Bruce@xxxxxx>> wrote: > > Khoa Nguyen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I don't quite understand the use of the Host: header field in HTTP 1.1 > > request. For example, I wrote a simple script to connect to > > www.google.com <http://www.google.com> <http://www.google.com> on > port 80. After the connection, > > I send the following GET request: > > > > GET / HTTP/1.1 > > Host: whatever.com <http://whatever.com> <http://whatever.com> > > ... > > > > The web server doesn't seem to care what I put in the Host field and > > always returns the google home page. Is this behaviour acceptable? > Why a > > HTTP 1.1 web server insists on the presence of a Host field but > doesn't > > seem to do any kind of checking on it? > > What if you have the same index for all vhosts ? > What if you are using just 1 vhost (so, the default one) ? > > It isn't a matter of HTTP/1.1 spec. It is a matter on how you configure > your webserver. > > > > > Thanks, > > Khoa > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server > Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx