- From: Dave J Woolley <david.woolley@bts.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:59:41 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> From: Mark Andrew Nassy [SMTP:nassy@crosswinds.net] > > As an aside the page is inaccessible to macweb, and perhaps any browser > that > supports http 1.0 only. I don't know why. Perhaps it has something to do > with the earthlink server. You get the following message: > > Old Web Browser! > The website you are trying to reach requires that you use an updated > browser that supports the HTTP 1.1 protocol. ... > 1) I was under the impression that a compliant HTTP/1.1 server had to support HTTP/1.0. 2) Most if not all proxy servers cannot legitimately claim to be HTTP/1.1. I suspect, though, that what is really being complained about is the lack of Host: headers, which allow virtual servers without distinct IP addresses. These can be sent by clients which only claim HTTP/1.0 conformance. It works with the HTTP/1.0 Lynx browser (through two proxies, at least one of which is HTTP/1.0. Lynx supports Host headers, though. (The page reads well in Lynx, so was probably designed with it in mind.) -- --------------------------- DISCLAIMER --------------------------------- Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of BTS.
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