[plug] [OT] http: different results from browser and telnet

[Carl Gherardi]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Leon Brooks wrote:

> On Thursday 25 October 2001 02:40, Carl Gherardi wrote:
> > go to
> > www.badclicks.com/ in a browser (lynx or netscape)
>
> > now try
>
> > [carlos at b501f22 leftfield]$ telnet www.badlinks.com 80
> > Trying 216.226.146.214...
> > Connected to www.badlinks.com.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > GET / <---- Type this
>
> > and you get a completely different page (might i add a umm... sleazy one
> > too)
>
> > WTF?
>
> Name-based virtual hosting. The base host is pr0n, badlinks is name-based on
> the same IP. Try:
>
> Host: www.badlinks.com
> GET /
>

They were actually supposed to be the same name: www.badlinks.com not
badclicks.com

Question still stands, why two different pages?

Carl