On 3/17/10 10:16 AM, Felix Meschberger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 17.03.2010 15:09, Justin Edelson wrote:
>> On 3/17/10 9:49 AM, Felix Meschberger wrote:
>>>> String host = request.getHeader("Host");
>>>
>>> (NB this is what request.getServerName() reports; I would prefer to use
>>> the API)
>> (I seem to recall running into trouble with request.getServerName() and
>> CDNs, so I just got into the habit of using the Host header.)
>
> Just curious: would that be formatting issues which the servlet
> container could not resolve correctly ?
This is what I remember:
With our CDN at the time, where:
CDN ----> Web Server ----> App Server
User requested www.site.com, CDN requested origin.www.site.com.
request.getServerName() = origin.www.site.com
request.getHeader("Host") = www.site.com
Justin
>
> Regards
> Felix
