sign * in server_name

[Igor Sysoev]

On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 08:57:34PM +0200, Martin Minka wrote:

> I tested the server_name directive and it works.
> The usage of _ is a little bit annoying, could it be fixed in future ?
> 
> Tested example in file nginx.conf.default :
> 
> 	server {
> 		listen 80;
> 		# server_name test.*; # does not work !
> 		server_name _ test.*; # works fine
>         location / {
>             root   html;
>             index  test.html;
>         }		
> 	}

The first server name should not be wildcard, because HTTP/1.0 request
may be done without "host" header and when nginx will return redirect
/dir -> /dir/ it using first server_name.

I can allow

    server_name  *.example.com;

but nginx should warn about it.


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