Re: [Openvpn-devel] HTTP/1.1 Host header

[Jan J. K. <ja...@ni...>]

Lars Hupel wrote:
>> I'm not sure if I understand the question ; openvpn already has the
>> option to use http/1.1 headers using
>>  --http-proxy-option VERSION 1.1
>> which should send HTTP/1.1 type messages - doesn't that work?
>>     
>
> The problem is that (at least Apache) rejects these requests because the
> Host header is missing, so I get "Bad Request" responses.
>
> Additionally, without Host header it's impossible to use Apache's
> VirtualHost facility.
>
> Regards
> Lars
>
>   
ah right, now I see... hmmm 'Host: ...' headers should not be required 
by a web server and with apache's Virtual Hosts you can override this using

    <VirtualHost _default_:1234>
    DocumentRoot /www/default1234
    ...
    </VirtualHost>

    <VirtualHost _default_:80>
    DocumentRoot /www/default80
    ...
    </VirtualHost>

etc but this seems like an easy patch. Perhaps someone else on the -devel list can comment on why it was not accepted...

cheers,

JJK