[Ach] Redirect from HTTP to HTTPS and the big bad Host header - Github Pull #100
    A. Schulze 
    sca at andreasschulze.de
       
    Fri Apr  3 12:58:22 CEST 2015
    
    
  
Christian Mehlmauer:
> So using the $host variable should be avoided were possible in my opinion
+1
We currently do not know how to exploit that. But maybe one day ...
If a webserver should redirect (from A) to B, why should I trust any  
user really ask for A?
Just send the intended answer ...
No matter of encryption or other stuff. Simply don't use user input  
where it's not needed.
Using $host has only one major benefit: it's easier to write/read in  
documentation.
Andreas
    
    
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