Re: proxies rewriting URLs

• From: David W. Morris <dwm@shell.portal.com>
• Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 00:06:39 -0800 (PST)
• To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
• Cc: hallam@w3.org, fielding@avron.ICS.UCI.EDU, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
• Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.90.960313000353.6290D-100000@jobe.shell.portal.com>

On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, Larry Masinter wrote:

> Personally, I don't think proxies *should* rewrite URLs, and that
> origin servers should decide on logical equivalence and report it.

In general, I'm inclined to agree.  IF the proxy believes the
request to be a protocol violation which would require re-writing,
it should instead reject the request with appropriate diagnostic
insight.

BUT the current specs indicate that:

   http://foo:80/xyz

should become:

   http://foo/xyz

If I understand they wording. I would not that at least one
browser in common use does the opposite.

Dave Morris

Received on Wednesday, 13 March 1996 00:10:08 UTC