How to set custom “Host” header in HttpWebRequest?

Question

How can I set a custom Host header in HttpWebRequest? I know that normally this class doesn\'t allow you to do so but is there anyway to use reflection or something like tha

Answer 1

There is a roundabout way to do this, as described here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/feroze_daud/archive/2005/03/31/404328.aspx

However, the next version of the framework (.NET Framework 4.0) will make it easier.

http://blogs.msdn.com/ncl/archive/2009/07/20/new-ncl-features-in-net-4-0-beta-2.aspx

Hope this helps.