[Development] QNetworkRequest: allow overriding connect host

[Richard Moore]

On 10 May 2013 11:32,  <shane.kearns at accenture.com> wrote:
>> QHostInfo has a short-lived cache, so it should work.
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> Yes, but relying on implementation details isn't a good idea.
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> I thought the proposed feature could be more generally useful, for example using test live servers that are configured exactly as the live server so they have a DNS address not matching the SSL certificate.

That's something we have to deal with very frequently at work. I'd be
happy to review a feature that offered this.

Rich.