- From: Peter Brodersen <peter@plys.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:27:18 -0500 (EST)
- To: www-validator@w3.org
Hiya. I was trying to validate a document with a foreign DOCTYPE - the first lines of the file was: <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml"> The validator appearently tried to fetch the doctype-specification, but: "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml"> ^ Error: could not get "/DTD/wml_1.1.xml" from "www.wapforum.org" (reason given was "Host Header Required") ... and causing trouble for the rest of the validation. It looks like the routine to get an external document is using an old implementation of HTTP, not sending the "Host:"-HTTP-header: Host: www.wapforum.org If the webserver, containing the doctype-specification, are running virtual hosts (multiple hosts at the same IP-address), it can't know what host, the requested file is placed on, causing the request to fail. Due the wide usage of virtual hosts, I believe that the validator should also support sending the Host:-header Just my 0.02$ worth. Merry christmas! :-) -- - Peter Brodersen Professional nerd
Received on Tuesday, 21 December 1999 15:29:08 UTC