-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mostafa Z. Afgani wrote: > Dear all, > > Is there any easy way to change the HTTP Host: header from the client > side? My Uni. Intranet is using IIS 5.0 which apparently is doing some > filtering based on the "Host:" header. As a result I can't use the old > trick of just SSH tunneling to the site. If I try to use the tunnel, the > "Host:" line shows up as "localhost" on the request to the server and > hence is redirected to some page that says there is no server here. > > Right now, the only trick I can pull is to set my hostname to the name > of the server and add "127.0.0.1 server_name" to /etc/hosts and then > then use the SSH tunnel. Then I can just goto http://server_name and it > works since "Host:" is now "server_name". This is painful however since > GNOME doesn't seem to handle the hostname change particularly well ... I > have to logout and login after every change. > > I've tried digging on Google but most of the information pertain to > servers not clients .. so .. my question is .. can I masquerade my HTTP > "host:" header? > > > Looking forward to your expert opinion, > -M Dear all, Sorry about a premature messege. It appears I can achieve my goal with just a simple "127.0.0.1 server_name" line in /etc/hosts and the original SSH tunnel; no need for a hostname change :) - -M -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFCVEFx14B2Pwzes+4RAkCZAJ9KhSwu9EEwXmUm8WQ3eZwJ3pe5PgCfavMX ZU2lvL7XowOUlkO3n3ZOFD0= =FvSK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
