Re: netscape beta

["Roy T. Fielding" <fi...@avron.ICS.UCI.EDU>]

> Yes. It also sends a Host: header. Someone should note to the http-wg 
> that it sends PQDNs and ports (apparently whatever's in between the first 
> and second /, it seems), but I'm too scared to do so (*smirk*).

Crikey!  What ever happened to "get it right the first time"?
I wonder what happens when they access

    http://www.apache.org

(no trailing slash) -- probably a core dump.

I just wish the Navigator crew would spend a little more time talking
(and listening) to the Netsite crew -- for some strange reason all
browser developers (except Bill Perry) read protocol specifications
with beer-bottle glasses.

.....Roy  (or at least that's my polite theory of browser development)

Re: netscape beta

[Alexei Kosut <ak...@nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us>]

On Sat, 7 Oct 1995, Roy T. Fielding wrote:

> Crikey!  What ever happened to "get it right the first time"?
> I wonder what happens when they access
> 
>     http://www.apache.org
> 
> (no trailing slash) -- probably a core dump.

Running a web "server" (really just a perl script that listens on port 80
and displays what it gets) on www.dal.net, and requesting the following
URLs with Netscape 2.0b1 for Macintosh, I get the following results: 

http://www.dal.net/
Host: www.dal.net

http://www.dal.net
Host: www.dal.net

http://www/
Host: www

http://www
Host: www

http://www.dal.net:80/
Host: www.dal.net:80

http://www.dal.net:80
Host: www.dal.net:80

http://www:80/
Host: www:80

http://www:80
Host: www:80

Perhaps someone should kindly note to Netscape that this is not the
perferred behavior. I think. Although, I must note, up until a couple days
ago, http-wg still appeared to be debating the very same issues, so
perhaps Netscape will have changed it for 2.0b2 already? 

> I just wish the Navigator crew would spend a little more time talking
> (and listening) to the Netsite crew -- for some strange reason all
> browser developers (except Bill Perry) read protocol specifications
> with beer-bottle glasses.

> .....Roy  (or at least that's my polite theory of browser development)

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