I'm sorry. In rereading my post, I see now that I really wasn't very clear at all.
By "host headers vs. CGI vars" I really meant to compare IIS' host header handling to that of a CF script. Are you aware of any voodoo inside IIS that does a better job in directing incoming traffic by host header than a CF script which parses the info from CGI.HTTP_HOST and redirects via CFLocation? Do both methods share 100% of the same caveats? Thank you. Dave -- David M. Delbridge Circa 3000 ColdFusion Hosting http://www.circa3k.com 775-832-2445 Dave Watts wrote: > > > This brings up a relevant question I've had for some time: > > Is there any difference in using host headers vs. CGI > > variables to direct traffic based on requested URL? I've > > been under the impression for some time that the latter > > method bears certain caveats, for example, incompatibility > > with some older browsers (though I've never personally > > witnessed it). Would the same caveats apply exactly to host > > headers on IIS or is this method somehow more robust? > > I'm not sure I understand, exactly. When your browser sends a Host header > (which any browser that supports HTTP/1.1 should send, I think), that is a > CGI variable - CGI.HTTP_HOST in CF. Older browsers don't send the Host > header, so those won't work with "name-based" virtual servers that require a > host header. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
