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The docs for mod_rewrite say that "for http/1.0 there is no solution, but
for http/1.1 requests using HTTP Host: headers, you can do..."

What I need to know is, is the ability of things like mod_rewrite rules to
use HTTP headers dependent on the request type the browser claims, or is
it basen on whether the header actually exists?

In other words, Netscape 3.0 sends:

GET / HTTP/1.0
Connection: Keep-Alive
User-Agent: Mozilla/3.01 (X11; I; HP-UX B.10.10 9000/821)
Host: northshore.shore.net:3137
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*

Now the connection type is announced as HTTP/1.0, but it still sends a
Host: header. Can I use this Host: header information in mod_rewrite
rules, even though the request was sent claiming to be HTTP/1.0 and not
1.1? It would be a big help in my RewriteRule efforts.

Thanks,
Kdt

Well, it is trivial enough for you to try it and would take 5 seconds.

Yes, you can use it even if the request was a HTTP/1.0 request.  The
docs have slightly incorrect wording if they say what you quote
below; more accurate would be "there is no general solution, but
for clients sending the HTTP/1.1 Host: header you can do...".

Quote:>The docs for mod_rewrite say that "for http/1.0 there is no solution, but
>for http/1.1 requests using HTTP Host: headers, you can do..."
>What I need to know is, is the ability of things like mod_rewrite rules to
>use HTTP headers dependent on the request type the browser claims, or is
>it basen on whether the header actually exists?
>In other words, Netscape 3.0 sends:
>GET / HTTP/1.0
>Connection: Keep-Alive
>User-Agent: Mozilla/3.01 (X11; I; HP-UX B.10.10 9000/821)
>Host: northshore.shore.net:3137
>Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
>Now the connection type is announced as HTTP/1.0, but it still sends a
>Host: header. Can I use this Host: header information in mod_rewrite
>rules, even though the request was sent claiming to be HTTP/1.0 and not
>1.1? It would be a big help in my RewriteRule efforts.
>Thanks,
>Kdt

: Well, it is trivial enough for you to try it and would take 5 seconds.
: Yes, you can use it even if the request was a HTTP/1.0 request.  The

Thanks. I've been trying, but wanted to know if the problems I was having
were related to this or not. Now I know it's something I'm doing wrong.

Kdt