Re: Section 2.7.1 of draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-18

On Jan 8, 2012, at 11:56 PM, SM wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> From what I understand, the updated version of Section 3.2.2 in RFC 2616 is currently Section 2.7.1 of draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-18.  From RFC 2616:
> 
>  "The use of IP addresses in URLs SHOULD be avoided whenever
>   possible (see RFC 1900 [24])."
> 
> And in draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-18:
> 
>  "If the host identifier is provided as an IP literal or IPv4 address,
>   then the origin server is any listener on the indicated TCP port at
>   that IP address."
> 
> Was the requirement to avoid IP addresses dropped?

Yes, I believe that was intentional because that advice had nothing
to do with HTTP (and is not a real requirement anyway). 

....Roy