I reread the RFC again. I found out that Host: can be omitted in HTTP 1.1 if you use an AbsoluteURI. Interestingly Apache does not follow the specification. I tested it on Apache 1.3.x and 2. Thttpd works ok with AbsoluteURI.
The specification also mentions "The absoluteURI form is REQUIRED when the request is being made to a proxy." In your case it is possible that the third party was previously using a proxy. Ed <blog.eonsec.com> On 12/24/07, Eduardo Tongson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/24/07, John Peter Loh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had problems with installing wireshark. I got all the headers with > > mod_dumpio for Apache (what I'll get is almost the same, right?). > > > > The only reason I'm not sure if the Host header wasn't sent is that we > > don't have all the headers sent went everything was fine. > > Yes mod_dumpio is adequate. Per the HTTP RFC the Host header is > required for HTTP 1.1. If the third party is really using HTTP 1.1 > from the start there should not be any problem. > > Obviously it is their fault because they said the Host header was not > present before. Tell them that it is unlikely for Apache to talk HTTP > 1.1 without them sending the Host header. > > Ed <blog.eonsec.com> > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
