Definitely strange.  Are you having it send you a copy of the header
information so you can verify that you're capturing the correct info and
you're not getting like a REFERRER type tag from someone clicking on a
link IN yahoo?

-TG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles P. Killmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:53 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP-WIN] Strange internet problem
> 
> 
> This isn't related to php but there are many knowledgeable people here
> that I though might find this curious.
>  
> I host an IP based site.  Based on the host header that is sent to the
> site, I pull different content from a database.  When the 
> host header is
> not found in the database, I send an email to me telling me 
> that someone
> tried to access a site for which we have no content.  
>  
> Now for the weird part.  Once in a while I get a message from 
> this site
> saying that www.yahoo.com has not been setup.  It seems as though
> someone has a host entry for www.yahoo.com that points to my IP.  Or
> someone's browser is messing up the referrer and host header.  But if
> that's the case they should not be able to get to and virtual site
> anywhere.
>  
> Has anyone heard of anything like this or is this something completely
> new?
>  
> Charles Killmer
>  
> 

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