Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 00:57:15 +0200 From: Sebastian Steenbuck <me@x3k6a2.net> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache - reverse proxy with freebsd Message-ID: <14844052750.20040724005715@x3k6a2.net> In-Reply-To: <000301c470ed$91015440$5b01a8c0@i8000> References: <000301c470ed$91015440$5b01a8c0@i8000>
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> What I could not figure out, how the > reverse proxy could distinghish / split up the http 1.1 individual > domains to internal ips. As stated in section 14.23 of RFC 2616 (Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1) http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2616.html >A client MUST include a Host header field in all HTTP/1.1 request > messages e.g. Host: www.w3.org With the host information a reverse proxy can transmit the request to the correct web server. At least this is how I think it is working, I never really touched a thing like this. mfg Sebastian Steenbuck
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