On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:

> > You can do this now:
> >
> > wget http://216.46.192.85/
> >
> > Using DNS is just a convenience after all, not a requirement.
> 
> Unfortunately, widespread use of name-based virtual hosting made it a
> requirement in practice.  ISP's typically host a bunch of web sites on
> the same interface, and http://DOTTED-DECIMAL-ADDR will get you a
> default page, if even that.

 Hmm, couldn't --header "Host: <hostname>" work?  I think it could, but 
now wget appends it instead of replacing its own generated one...

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