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
>
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