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Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 12:26:02 +0100
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
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Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> 
> >If a client connects to port X and gives "Host: foo:Y" where Y != X,
> >should the server reject the request?
> 
> The HTTP level may not be aware of a firewall/router changing the
> real port number within an intranet, for whatever reason, and thus the
> client may think it is talking to port 80 even though the connection
> is on some other port.  This isn't the client's fault, so an error is
> not appropriate.  I suggest just ignoring the Host header's port
> number and only using the physical port for selecting the server.

OK, that's another way to do it. Certainly, on no account should Y ever
be used.

Cheers,

Ben.

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