- From: David W. Morris <dwm@xpasc.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 12:56:07 -0700 (PDT)
- To: Daniel Hellerstein <danielh@mailbox.econ.ag.gov>
- Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com, http-wg@hplb.hpl.hp.com
On Fri, 1 May 1998, Daniel Hellerstein wrote: > Given that most clients are likely to associate the realm information with > a "prefix", I'm wondering if it's worth the trouble to > (as a general rule) send the domain information (my current plans > are not to bother). As far as I know there are no general client implementations so it would seem unwise to assume what they would do and instead provide the protocol element which gives more power. With basic, the client which wants to optimize must make assumptions AND has no way to avoid prompting a user for multiple servers. Clients seem to assume that all URLs in the directory for which authentication was requested and below share the same credentials. Thus, there is currently no way other than an additional round trip for the client to learn that the real world is broader or narrower than the current heuristic. Dave
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