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Description of problem:
During HTTP-based installation I discovered that the installer
is sending HTTP queries in the following format:

GET /RedHat/some/path HTTP/1.1

According the the HTTP spec the above should be implemented as:

GET /RedHat/some/path HTTP/1.1
Host: installserver.company.com

This causes some confusion with virtual hosting and proxy caching.
Either revert back to HTTP/1.0 or properly implement the 1.1 spec.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start a HTTP-based install
2. Snoop the net traffic
3. Observe the nonconformance
    

Actual Results:  Install fails.

Expected Results:  Install succeeds.

Additional info:

The HTTP installs do NOT work properly when using a Solaris-based
server running Apache or Squid.  It does seem to work however, when
a lighter weight HTTP daemon such as thttpd is used.  Tunneling
thttpd through Squid fails.  Failure mode is an incomplete filesystem
image being mounted and then a lot of "attempted read past end
of device" type messages.