On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 09:59:51AM -0400, pepejose wrote:

> cdan18po Wrote:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> > everything is now working verysmoothly
> > now...thanks for the great help you gave...
> > thanks
>
> WTF?!
>
> with this:
>
> server {
> listen *:80;
> server_name _ ""; #default
> return 444;
> }
>
> and "telnet host port" + "Ctrl-D"
>
> I can not catch requests without host header
>
> I also read this thread which speaks about http://marc.info/?l=nginx&m=121991334206140&w=2

'server_name _ "";' does not make the server default.
You have to set default server for listen pair:

server {
- listen *:80;
+ listen *:80 default;
server_name _ "";
return 444;
}

However, if nginx has got empty request it will not run "return 444",
you will see 400 in access_log.


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