Preserve Host Header

[stirnim]

I have a feature request. It would be very useful if polipo had a configuration setting to preserve the host header.
It should work like mod_proxy ProxyPreserveHost On|Off:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypreservehost

[jech]

Could you please explain why this is useful? Mis-configured DNS?

[stirnim]

I work for the registry of .CH and we notify domain owners of hacked websites which are used in drive by attacks. Domain names for which the domain owners do not clean up their website are blocked. Blocked means, the delegation is removed from the .ch zone. In our "malware domain" process we need to verify if the domain owner has cleaned up their website even if DNS is not working anymore.
A lot of hacked websites are on shared hosting infrastructure. One IP address serves many domain names. In this case we need to provide the preserved hostname in the host header if DNS is not working anymore. See also: http://securityblog.switch.ch/2012/11/23/more-malware-distributing-websites-in-q3-2012/

[jech]

Superseded by #30.