- From: David Robinson <drtr1@cus.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 6 Oct 95 16:04 BST
- To: bne@bne.ind.eunet.hu
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Endre Balint Nagy wrote: > Paul Hoffman writes: > > >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? > Not, because the port number is the port number on which the server is > listening. False. The server may be behind a firewall, proxy or accelerator; the port on which it is listening may not be the port the client used. I suggest that HOST include the port number. It does no harm, and there can be (useful) cases where the port number is not available to the server. David Robinson. (drtr@ast.cam.ac.uk)
Received on Friday, 6 October 1995 08:08:32 UTC