- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 00:15:58 -0800
- To: SM <sm@resistor.net>
- Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On Jan 8, 2012, at 11:56 PM, SM wrote: > Hello, > > From what I understand, the updated version of Section 3.2.2 in RFC 2616 is currently Section 2.7.1 of draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-18. From RFC 2616: > > "The use of IP addresses in URLs SHOULD be avoided whenever > possible (see RFC 1900 [24])." > > And in draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-18: > > "If the host identifier is provided as an IP literal or IPv4 address, > then the origin server is any listener on the indicated TCP port at > that IP address." > > Was the requirement to avoid IP addresses dropped? Yes, I believe that was intentional because that advice had nothing to do with HTTP (and is not a real requirement anyway). ....Roy
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