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Re: 305/306 response codes

From: Ross Patterson <Ross_Patterson@ns.reston.vmd.sterling.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 97 08:49:44 EDT
Message-Id: <199706121254.AA17051@reston.vmd.sterling.com>
To: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com 
Josh Cohen <josh@netscape.com> writes:

>* URL transformation for scope.
>  reversing the domain name is unlike most other formats.
>  The benefit here is it expresses the correct order
>  of diminishing significance, and allows a simple memcmp()
>  in implementation.

Just let's not forget that domain names are case-insensitive, so memcmp()
isn't quite the answer.

Ross Patterson
Sterling Software, Inc.
VM Software Division
Received on Thursday, 12 June 1997 05:58:30 EDT

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