No that is not an AbsoluteURI. If that was the request it should be a combination of GET+Host according so HTTP 1.1 specification:
GET /some/file.html HTTP/1.1 Host: johnpeterloh.com Ed <blog.eonsec.com> On 12/24/07, John Peter Loh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They connect directly to our servers. According to the logs, the URIs > are absolute even when we were returning HTTP 200. > > Just to make sure that we're on the same groud, the header should be > like the following to be absolute, right?: > GET /some/file.html HTTP/1.1 > > Eduardo Tongson wrote: > > 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 > _________________________________________________ > 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 > _________________________________________________ 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
