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> Since the web server is not told how you typed the host name on the client,
> there is no way for Quixote to know it.
>
> Is the apache virtual host capability what you really need?

Under HTTP 1.1 the browser sends, with the request, a header "Host:" that
contains such info, and is needed for letting virtual hosting work.

Looking at the code, request.get_url calls request.get_server, that returns
request.environ["SERVER_NAME"], so it's the server that reverse-resolves the
IP the browser.

The OP said it tried with both Medusa and Apache, so it looks like both of
them do this. Don't know if it's standard, or even common, behavior, though.


- --
"I can think of two reasons for running Windows software.
A: Your fascist employer is a nitwit and approves of nonsense
like Lotus Notes, which oughta be illegal.
B: You're running games." -- Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson

Nicola Larosa - nico@tekNico.net


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