On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Karl M wrote:

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> At one time I thought I saw something on this, but now I can't find it in
> the documentation. When I am using a proxy, how do I (or can I) control
> whether the target url is resolved locally or by the proxy? I have
> conditions where I need both choices.

With HTTP the client hands over the full URL to the proxy and the proxy will
resolve the host name.

If you *really* want to do it client-side, then you need to first resolve the
name and then "re-arrange" the URL to use IP numericals only and set the Host:
header to contain the host name you resolved.

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