Re: [NTLK] can't get to unna.org with webhopper

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Fri Jun 22 2001 - 07:20:16 PDT


On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Smith, Tod A wrote:

> when I try to navigate to www.unna.org with webhopper, it goes to
> www.chuma.org.
> when I use newtscape, it works.
> can someone explain this to me?

www.unna.org is what's called a 'name-based vhost'. It uses a feature
that was introduced with version 1.1 of the HTTP protocol (the protocol
that web browsers and web servers use to talk to each other). Nethopper
doesn't support HTTP 1.1, so this happens.

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