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Re: Setting host header for WebRequest

Subir
10/1/2004 12:07:03 AM

thanks...
if I have 2 web sites on the same machine which differ only by host header
name then how do i access each site though code? Since the site is not
configured in the DNS I have to use the IP. However only using the IP will
fail since both my sites are on the same IP.
my understanding may also be terribly wrong.

Subir

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Re: Setting host header for WebRequest

Joerg Jooss
10/1/2004 10:02:54 AM

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I wonder how you access the site at all. Since you enter the "Host" in a
browser's URL field, there's no way to connect to the server -- or am I
missing something here?

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HTTP 1.1, section 14.23 says
"The Host request-header field specifies the Internet host and port number
of the resource being requested, as obtained from the original URI given by
the user or referring resource"

which implies what I've said before -- your construct isn't supported.

Cheers,

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Joerg Jooss
joerg.jooss@gmx.net

Re: Setting host header for WebRequest

Subir
10/1/2004 10:37:04 AM

1. You are right, I will not be abe to access it through the browser till I
add an entry in my hosts file or in the DNS. So does it imply that even
through code I have the same restriction?
2. Got it!

Thanks again
Subir

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Re: Setting host header for WebRequest

Joerg Jooss
10/2/2004 9:56:26 AM

"Subir" <Subir@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:44E75FC8-FACA-4994-A66C-DA320B00471C@microsoft.com...
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Interesting question. I guess the following could even work, but it requires
plain sockets (see System.Net.Sockets.Socket or
System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient):

1. Connect to your web server's socket.
2. Send a HTTP request with a non-absolute URI and a Host header, i.e.

GET /path/to/doc.htm HTTP/1.1
Host: www.foo.org

But this is nothing more but a technical experiment. What's the point in
hosting an inaccessible web server?

Cheers,

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Joerg Jooss
joerg.jooss@gmx.net

Re: Setting host header for WebRequest

Subir
10/4/2004 11:23:04 AM

The application is executed right after the website is installed by an msi.
The exe sends a request to the site and checks the response to certify if the
website is installed correctly. Earlier I was creating vroots instead of
websites and the WebRequest was serving me fine. Can you give some suggestion
how I can achieve the same for websites? I can assume that the exe will be
executed on the same machine as the site.

Thanks,
Subir

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Re: Setting host header for WebRequest

Joerg Jooss
10/8/2004 7:32:39 PM

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Subir,

sorry, I'm somewhat confused. Does this question still relate to the
previous discussion?

Cheers,

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Joerg Jooss
www.joergjooss.de
news@joergjooss.de

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