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I guess Sprint turned on redirection to the secure version this morning.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Not sure whether to call this a bug or working-as-designed, but I’m request the follow feature be enhanced to allow redirection to the secure version of host.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I'm running check_http version 1.4.15.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Here's a copy of my tests:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>==============================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>nagios:/etc/nagios3#<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>nagios:/etc/nagios3# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H <a href="http://www.sprint.net">www.sprint.net</a> -4<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>nagios:/etc/nagios3#<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>nagios:/etc/nagios3# wget -4 <a href="http://www.sprint.net">www.sprint.net</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--2012-02-23 17:52:06-- <a href="http://www.sprint.net/">http://www.sprint.net/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Resolving <a href="http://www.sprint.net">www.sprint.net</a>... 208.24.22.50<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Connecting to <a href="http://www.sprint.net|208.24.22.50|:80">www.sprint.net|208.24.22.50|:80</a>... connected.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Location: <a href="https://www.sprint.net/">https://www.sprint.net/</a> [following]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--2012-02-23 17:52:06-- <a href="https://www.sprint.net/">https://www.sprint.net/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Connecting to <a href="http://www.sprint.net|208.24.22.50|:443">www.sprint.net|208.24.22.50|:443</a>... connected.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Length: unspecified [text/html]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Saving to: âindex.html.4â<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> [ <=> ] 16,997 --.-K/s in 0.05s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>2012-02-23 17:52:06 (348 KB/s) - âindex.html.4â<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>nagios:/etc/nagios3#<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>==============================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>nagios:/etc/nagios3# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H <a href="http://www.sprint.net">www.sprint.net</a> -6<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>nagios:/etc/nagios3#<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>nagios:/etc/nagios3# wget -6 <a href="http://www.sprint.net">www.sprint.net</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--2012-02-23 17:54:49-- <a href="http://www.sprint.net/">http://www.sprint.net/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Resolving <a href="http://www.sprint.net">www.sprint.net</a>... 2600::<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Connecting to <a href="http://www.sprint.net|2600::|:80">www.sprint.net|2600::|:80</a>... connected.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Location: <a href="https://www.sprint.net/">https://www.sprint.net/</a> [following]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--2012-02-23 17:54:49-- <a href="https://www.sprint.net/">https://www.sprint.net/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Connecting to <a href="http://www.sprint.net|2600::|:443">www.sprint.net|2600::|:443</a>... connected.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Length: unspecified [text/html]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Saving to: âindex.html.5â<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> [ <=> ] 17,739 --.-K/s in 0s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>2012-02-23 17:54:49 (174 MB/s) - âindex.html.5â<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>nagios:/etc/nagios3#<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>==============================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>