Lars Hjemli <hjemli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Lars Hjemli <hjemli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > So use the "Host" header if it is available and fall back to > >> > SERVER_NAME/SERVER_PORT for some clients that don't set > >> > HTTP_HOST. > >> > >> Maybe it would be better to use a new cgitrc parameter as fallback if > >> the client doesn't provide the "Host" header? > > > > That sounds a bit hackish to me since HTTP_HOST, SERVER_NAME and > > SERVER_PORT are all standardized. Anyhow, it's your call :) > > I just figured that since SERVER_NAME/SERVER_PORT doesn't work in a > setup like the one you described, clients which doesn't provide the > "Host" header would never get a correct url. A default value for the > "Host" header in cgitrc would work around this issue. Actually, in my situation, the proxy server will unconditionally set a Host: header before sending the request to the lighttpd backend. Header rewriting/injection is a common feature in HTTP aware proxies. -- Eric Wong -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
