- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@avron.ICS.UCI.EDU>
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 19:39:05 -0800
- To: Paul Hoffman <paulh@imc.org>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> I agree with all of Roy says here, although I believe that we don't need to
> use his provocative wording. I propose changing:
What is provocative about "vanity hostnames"? That is, after all, the
common name and purpose for this feature. I was just trying to be
specific so that people can find the topic using a search service. ;-)
>> This allows the origin server or gateway to
>> differentiate between internally-ambiguous URLs, such as the root "/"
>> URL of a server harboring multiple vanity hostnames on a single IP
>> address.
>
> To:
>
>> This allows the origin server or gateway to
>> differentiate between internally-ambiguous URLs, such as the root "/"
>> URL of a server that serves HTTP for many hostnames on a single IP
>> address.
In this case, "a server that serves HTTP" is redundant. How about
URL of a server for multiple hostnames on a single IP address.
......Roy
Received on Sunday, 24 March 1996 19:47:23 UTC