Very Computer

We are running Apache 1.1.1 as our web server.  We serve three virtual
hosts, two of which are unique domain names and one of which is a
subdomain of our main domain.  When any version of Lynx prior to 2.5 tries
to retrieve the URL http://home.gnofn.org, the VirtualHost
http://neworleansonline.com is served instead.  All other browsers and
versions of Lynx 2.5 or higher get the right page.  Does this sound
familiar to anyone?  Is there anything we can do to circumvent this
problem on our side, or must we depend on remote systems upgrading their
Lynx to 2.5 or higher to reach the correct site?

Thanks in advance,

Dave Cash

Yes, this is documented: http://www.apache.org/docs/1.1/host.html

The easiest solution is to use a unique ip address for each virtual site.

: We are running Apache 1.1.1 as our web server.  We serve three virtual
: hosts, two of which are unique domain names and one of which is a
: subdomain of our main domain.  When any version of Lynx prior to 2.5 tries
: to retrieve the URL http://home.gnofn.org, the VirtualHost
: http://neworleansonline.com is served instead.  All other browsers and
: versions of Lynx 2.5 or higher get the right page.  Does this sound
: familiar to anyone?  Is there anything we can do to circumvent this
: problem on our side, or must we depend on remote systems upgrading their
: Lynx to 2.5 or higher to reach the correct site?
:
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: We are running Apache 1.1.1 as our web server.  We serve three virtual
: hosts, two of which are unique domain names and one of which is a
: subdomain of our main domain.  When any version of Lynx prior to 2.5 tries
: to retrieve the URL http://home.gnofn.org, the VirtualHost
: http://neworleansonline.com is served instead.

You're not serving "real" virtual hosts. You're exploiting a feature
of HTTP 1.1 where browsers' HTTP transactions tell the server which
host they're looking for; this obviously won't work for *any* browsers
that don't implement elements of HTTP 1.1. There's documentation on
this issue available on the apache web site (http://www.apache.org/).

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: We are running Apache 1.1.1 as our web server.  We serve three virtual
: hosts, two of which are unique domain names and one of which is a
: subdomain of our main domain.  When any version of Lynx prior to 2.5 tries
: to retrieve the URL http://home.gnofn.org, the VirtualHost
: http://neworleansonline.com is served instead.  All other browsers and
: versions of Lynx 2.5 or higher get the right page.  Does this sound
: familiar to anyone?  Is there anything we can do to circumvent this
: problem on our side, or must we depend on remote systems upgrading their
: Lynx to 2.5 or higher to reach the correct site?

Can't reproduce the problem with 2.3.7 <shrug> I'd have thought it would
be a redirect problem but that URL yields a simple 200, everything seems
fine to me.  If you could tell me which version you tried and where, I
might be able to do some further testing.  

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