- From: Dave Kristol <dmk@research.bell-labs.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Dec 96 10:53:15 EST
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Okay, this may be a dumb question.... (Not my first!) HTTP/1.1 requires a server to accept an absoluteURI, like http://www.business.com/foo/bar. Question: how does a server that acts both as a proxy and as an origin server determine whether to service a request (as origin server) or forward it (as a proxy)? The requests look the same. Possible answers: 1) That's an implementation issue. Not germane. 2) The server examines the net_loc and decides whether the addressed host corresponds to the origin server's name. If not, the request is a proxy request. (The server must also check aliases, IP addresses, etc.) Dave Kristol
Received on Friday, 27 December 1996 08:05:10 UTC