RE: [PHP-WIN] Strange internet problem

Definitely strange. Are you having it send you a copy of the header information so you can verify that you're capturing the correct info and you're not getting like a REFERRER type tag from someone clicking on a link IN yahoo? -TG > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles P. Killmer [mailto:charlesk@netgaintechnology.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:53 AM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Strange internet problem > > > This isn't related to php but there are many knowledgeable people here > that I though might find this curious. > > I host an IP based site. Based on the host header that is sent to the > site, I pull different content from a database. When the > host header is > not found in the database, I send an email to me telling me > that someone > tried to access a site for which we have no content. > > Now for the weird part. Once in a while I get a message from > this site > saying that www.yahoo.com has not been setup. It seems as though > someone has a host entry for www.yahoo.com that points to my IP. Or > someone's browser is messing up the referrer and host header. But if > that's the case they should not be able to get to and virtual site > anywhere. > > Has anyone heard of anything like this or is this something completely > new? > > Charles Killmer > >