Re: Proxy and loopback addresses

> Hello,
> 
> I wonder if someone can tell me what browsers are supposed to do with 
> 
>   http://127.0.0.1/...
> 
> and whether someone can tell me what browsers actually do.
> 
> If you have a proxy it seems to me that most of them (if not all) access 
> that "host" through the proxy (unless one EXPLICITELY configures
> them not to do so). 

and at least some resolve any hostname locally, so if you are on
host.your.net and ask for http://www/someurl to proxy.some.net the
thing serves you http://www.some.net/someurl instead of
http://www.your.net/someurl as you would get if not using a proxy.
I don't know who should add the proper suffixes to a hostname, if
the client or the proxy.

	Luigi
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Received on Monday, 9 December 1996 14:41:09 UTC