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Questions tagged [virtualhost]

A method to host multiple domain names on a single server.

Virtual hosts (or server blocks) are a method to host multiple domains on a single server or set of servers, most commonly referring to web servers. When a server receives a request, it checks its configuration to see which virtual host should handle the request based on parameters in the request (typically the Host header).

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Metasploit. Is always replacing domain names with resolved ips on RHOST/RHOSTS?

There is a website which I want to audit. That site must have a concrete Virtualhost configuration because if you access to it using the domain name the website is shown, but if you use the ip address the website is not shown. If I launch an…
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Web application discovery: Can there be virtual hosts configured even when there is a response without host header?

I'm currently learning how to discover web applications running on a machine using port scanning, vhost bruteforcing and directory fuzzing. When it comes to port scanning, there is one thing I can't wrap my head around. Let's say I have scanned all…
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Does a searchable public database exist of (hostname; ip) mappings?

This question is not about the trivial usage of the forward/reverse DNS. Getting the IP of a hostname is trivial (DNS), and using reverse DNS, also we can get (typically) a single hostname of an IP. However, particularly for massive http…
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X-Frame-Options header on redirect

I have several web applications running on my server (Debian 8 running Apache). One of my customers wants to improve the security of his app, after having some security audits carried out by a third-party company he showed me the vulnerabilities he…
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How one can find I am using virtual box Virtual Machine linux through Anydesk remote application?

I recently created a virtualbox virtual machine of Ubuntu 18.04 and installed Anydesk remote desktop app in it. An IT guy accessed my computers desktop via Anydesk app, but he is actually inside the Ubuntu Virtual Machine on Virtualbox. I don't even…
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