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I want to redirect all my browser request to abc.com when a request is sent to xyz.com I was able to do this by adding an entry in the hosts file under windows.
However I see that i can go to http://abc.com when i type in http://xyz.com:8080 but I cannot seem to get the same redirection over https.
I found out that you cannot mention ports in the host file. Need some help on this
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The hosts file is for host name resolution only (on Windows as well as on Unix-like systems). You cannot put port numbers in there, and there is no way to do what you want with generic OS-level configuration - the browser is what selects the port to choose. So use bookmarks or something like that.
Change the File ManuallyOnce in Notepad, go to File -> Open. Get to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc and make sure to select All Files to find the hosts file. Now you can edit the hosts file. Add the custom IP address you've made earlier, followed by a space, then your domain name.
HTTPS is specifically designed so that you can't do this - not only is one of the core points of SSL/TLS that the conversation be encrypted, it also ensures that you really are talking to who you think you are, that you haven't been redirected to a fake site via DNS.
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That's not what the hosts file is for. It's about the hosts that you are referring to. abc.com and xyz.com are hosts.
All the hosts file does is associate a host name with an IP address. Nothing else is possible.
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