Well, the followup question is: are absolute host names "real", or /solely/ hint to the local resolver not to search-list? I will reread 1035 later tonight ... Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> wrote:
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 05:46:27PM -0500, Jay Ashworth wrote:
So, should browsers send absolute host names in http/1.1 requests, and shouldn't servers strip the trailing dot if they get one?
I vote No and Yes, resp.
The first question is tough, only because of the depth of the exatblished convention. I think I would argue 'Yes', as to remove ambiguity, but that naively makes a lot of legacy software trip in unexpected ways.
As for the second question, I generally disapprove of throwing away information, so I say No.
Clearly I like to make trouble for myself. :)
-- Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> BSD admin/developer at large
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