Where is origin of HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Host?

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Published on 2010-04-28T18:14:21Z Indexed on 2010/04/28 18:17 UTC
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Why does HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Host return a different URL than the URL used in the Web browser? For example, when entering "www.someurl.com" in the browser, the HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Host variable is equal to "www.someotherurl.com".

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