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 <reich...@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 <reich...@numachi.com> >BSD admin/developer at large -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
