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Re: Decision about Host?

From: Ari Luotonen <luotonen@netscape.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 15:39:45 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <199510052239.PAA25854@starfish.netscape.com.mcom.com>
To: Paul Hoffman <ietf-lists@proper.com>
Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com

> >Should that be: "between the // and the first / or : in the HOST"?
> 
> Very good question, and I don't remember seeing any discussion of this.
> Does the HOST include the port number?

It doesn't need to -- the port number is always known to the server.

Cheers,
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Ari Luotonen				ari@netscape.com
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