On Sun, 2014-04-27 at 21:27 -0400, Leif Hedstrom wrote:
> We see this issue over and over again, and there’s a lot of confusion.
> Against my better judgement, I agreed that we should change the default for
> the pristine host header config from “0” to “1”.
I don't recollect exactly when, but that caught me out and I spent
some time figuring out WTF was going on.
> Should we perhaps bite the bullet once again for v5.0.0, and turn this off?
> It’s the way it used to be in Yahoo TS and Apache TS for a long time, and
> it’s *probably* the common way for most reverse proxies.
I'd say yes.
The alternative would be a menu of "scenario" configuration options.
So,
"Reverse Proxy" or "Gateway" ---> Pristine Off
"CDN" ---> Pristine On
If anyone were to think about a fancy GUI installer/admin panel,
that could be a good time to introduce such a thing.
--
Nick Kew
