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smiley_dba_1116's avatar
smiley_dba_1116
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May 15, 2013

Redirect when user browses to VIP instead of DNS name

I know this sounds simple, but is there a way to redirect a client when they http directly to the VIP itself? Case in point, Sometimes Apache and/or IIS has extension that has vulnerabilities, and usually the default IIS/Apache page is a good way to do that. in this case, whenever someone types in http:// they get the default page. What i have dosent work and wanted to get your guys feedback:

 

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if {[HTTP::host] starts_with "

HTTP::redirect http://www.google.com

 

}

 

}

 

 

Thoughts?

 

 

RGW

 

 

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  • What_Lies_Bene1's avatar
    What_Lies_Bene1
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    May 16, 2013

    I'm not sure I understand your requirements but here's an improvement to your rule anyway which redirects any requests to just / to Google. If that's not what you need please clarify the requirement;

    when HTTP_REQUEST { 
 if {[HTTP::uri] equals "/" } {
 HTTP::redirect "http://www.google.com"
 }
}

  • smiley_dba_1116's avatar
    smiley_dba_1116
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    May 16, 2013
    That steve. The question relates to, instead of someone typing http://www.acme.com, they browse straight to the the VS (http://10.10.10.10) and they get the IIS/Apache page. What I would like to do is when they type in the VS, they get redirected to whatever.

     

     

    RGW