- From: Matthew Denner <matt@wdi.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 07:14:01 +0100
- To: www-talk@w3.org
All, I've got a problem that I don't think is solvable using HTTP/1.0. Our site here (http://www.wdi.co.uk/) is supporting multiple companies under subdirectories. Each of these companies has registered a domain name (for example, Westwind have registered westwind.co.uk that has the IP address 193.243.226.xxx) Now to get Westwind at the moment you access the HTTPd with http://www.westwind.co.uk/westwind and it basically becomes a request to www.wdi.co.uk for the directory westwind. Simple enough, however, some people have put out their URL as 'http://www.xxx.co.uk/' without the directory name. My question is this: under HTTP/1.1 the client should send through the entire URI in it's header (GET http://www.westwind.co.uk/ HTTP/1.1) or include the 'Host:' field. However, HTTP/1.0 is not as clever and, as I have noticed, clients don't send through the address. So, how can I get it from an HTTP/1.0 request? If you're interested, the server at http://www.wdi.co.uk/ was written by me 8 months ago. It supports the then HTTP/1.0 protocol but hasn't been upgraded to HTTP/1.1 yet. I'm working on it :) Anyway, thanks for any help, Matt -----------------------------------------------------------------------Matthew Denner email: matt@wdi.co.uk Senior Programmer tel: (+44)(0) 1305 871 543 Abbotsbury Software Ltd fax: (+44)(0) 1305 871 688 ENGLAND mobile: (+44)(0) 385 795 492 Sulu: Windows users of the starboard bow Captain Spock: It's life Jim, but not as we know it Kirk: Warp speed Mr Sulu .... Engage -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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