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# sk110750 - Security Gateway configured as HTTP/HTTPS Proxy rejects traffic when URL contains non-English characters with "No host header" log

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk110750 |
| Date Created | 2016-04-18 |
| Last Modified | 2016-09-07 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * Log in SmartView Tracker / SmartLog shows:

  `Proxy: No host header; Connection was rejected since the request did not contain a host header`
* Kernel debug ('`fw ctl debug -m WS + session error`') shows:

  `
  ws_http_session_read_short_circuit: [ERROR]: failed to open connection to side WS_SERVER_SIDE 
  `  
  ` ws_http_process_header: [ERROR]: failed to call short circuit read handler; 
  `  
  ` ws_http_session_client_read: [ERROR]: failed to process header; 
  `  
  ` ws_http_session_get_request_host_header_and_port: [ERROR]: No host header found 
  `  
  ` ws_create_proxy_connection: [ERROR]: failed to get host header; 
  `  
  ` ws_create_proxy_connection: [ERROR]: host header not found; 
  `  
  ` ws_http_session_get_url: [ERROR]: url parser not ready (_url_parser->status = 1). cannot continue; 
  `  
  ` ws_create_proxy_connection: [ERROR]: ws_http_session_get_url() failed; 
  `  
  ` ws_open_proxy_connection: [ERROR]: ws_create_proxy_connection failed;`

## Cause

Strict parsing does not allow special characters in URL when Security Gateway is configured as HTTP/HTTPS Proxy.

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